click
noun
a slight, sharp sound.
had been clicking
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past perfect progressiveof click.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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Here I had been clicking in the same place on a fake website every day and texting furiously, with a real person, both of us sort of lying about our true motivations.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
Everything had been clicking for USC coming into Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Lind’s offensive game had been clicking most of the season in the AHL, but was frequently interrupted by call-ups to the Kraken and its COVID-19 taxi squad.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
The offense had been clicking in recent weeks and the feeling was Cutler was getting into a groove.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 3, 2011
Mama had been clicking through a Realtor website.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
