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
The Ducks were nursing a lead and the way the offense had been clicking on its previous drives, was in position to give themselves some breathing room.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
Everything had been clicking for USC coming into Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
I had been clicking my mouse for 10 minutes when a guy who reminded me of my brother caught my eye.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2012
Mama had been clicking through a Realtor website.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
