had been crossing
- past perfect progressive of cross.
Example Sentences
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The daughter of a couple told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review her parents had been crossing the bridge, on their way to provide care for a relative, when their pickup truck plummeted to the ground.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
In that crash, the driver of a white four-door Hyundai Accent struck an 85-year-old man who had been crossing Saticoy Street mid-block, police said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
“In that same breath, all the things I had been crossing my fingers about just came out, and I just bawled and bawled and bawled.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2021
The sweet, big-hearted, summer souls who had been crossing their fingers for a Stark sister reunion are going to have to hold on a little longer.
From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2017
The Belgae had been crossing the narrow sea and settling here, presumably driving away the inhabitants whom they found.
From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)
