coat
noun
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body.
had been coating
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past perfect progressiveof coat.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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They loafed again, the next morning, and let the fresh air dissolve the office grime which had been coating his spirit.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis
