clothe
verb (used with object)
to dress; attire.
had been clothing
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past perfect progressiveof clothe.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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The experts I spoke to—some of whom see monkeypox patients in person—also noted that there have not been any reported cases where people had been clothing shopping.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2022
Then he lounged in the easy chair, gradually and not unconsciously shedding all the worldly influences that had been clothing him as with a hair-shirt even since he first went forth that morning.
From In the Footprints of the Padres by Charles Warren Stoddard
