clamber
verb (used with or without object)
to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
had been clambering
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past perfect progressiveof clamber.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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They had been clambering upward for at least an hour, perhaps two, when Christopher first noticed the marks cut into the rock.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
We had been clambering about the hill, seeing the caves with which it is honeycombed, but at present they were uninhabited.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Edward Burnett Tylor
"Here are some of our provisions," called Grace, who had been clambering over the logs, peering under them and feeling about among the pine cones.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
B As well it might, if he had been clambering over barricades in those hot days of July; for the three glorious days were remarkable for their heat.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
"Aye," replied that good man, for by this time Chris was as surefooted as any sailor and for the last month or more had been clambering barefoot in the rigging with the best of them.
From Mr. Wicker's Window by Lynd Ward
