clutter
verb (used with object)
to fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner.
had been cluttering
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past perfect progressiveof clutter.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 idea: to get rid of 250,000 letters from cinema-bugs, which had been cluttering Miss Bow's apartment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those swains who had been "cluttering the course"—to quote Cap'n Ira—did not interfere in any way with the Balls' equipage on this Sunday at the church.
From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
