craft
noun
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill.
had been crafting
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past perfect progressiveof craft.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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People had been crafting gorgeous, powerful objects for millenniums.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
White House lawyers had been crafting the executive actions over the past two weeks.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2020
For months Congressmen and White House aides had been crafting compromise legislation that would have consisted of little beyond a legislative veto provision, giving Congress the right to cut off such aid.
From Time Magazine Archive
