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had been clothing
  • past perfect progressive of clothe.

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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 Stoddard, Charles Warren