crash
verb (used without object)
to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
had been crashing
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past perfect progressiveof crash.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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He didn’t make enough as a brick mason to move out of his parents’ house, and for a year, G had been crashing with friends.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
They had been crashing out those thunderous questions to the sands on his football days, they would be tossing their appeals to the sky long after his learning and his Nobel Prize were forgotten.
From The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck
