dazzle
verb (used with object)
to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light.
had been dazzling
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past perfect progressiveof dazzle.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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Despite such setbacks, the Reds' success had been dazzling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Otherwise he might have ruined Kedzie, for he had been dazzling her more and more with his lavish courtship.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
She recalled the brown and lilac tie, the sheen of which had been dazzling her eyes since the day before.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
Though she stood midway between forty and fifty, the lady yet in a great measure retained the beauty which once had been dazzling.
From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
