dart
noun
a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.
had been darting
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past perfect progressiveof dart.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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His winks had been darting across the mat like circus fleas getting performance-related pay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2019
Witnesses and officials said that Mr. Broadnax had been darting in front of cars at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue starting about 9:30 p.m.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2013
Their job was to block the Bruges Canal, from which U-boats had been darting on their deadly errands.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had passed on to the photograph—Vanderbank had many, too many photographs—of some other relation, and stood wiping the gold-mounted glasses through which he had been darting admirations and catching side-lights for shocks.
From The Awkward Age by Henry James
He lifted his eyes to the nearest loophole, through which the setting sun had been darting its rays a moment before.
From The Wild Geese by Stanley John Weyman
