decorate
verb (used with object)
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish.
had been decorating
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past perfect progressiveof decorate.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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Representing herself, Hewitt, denied that there had been anyone else at the shop, claiming she had been "decorating and cleaning".
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021
A post on the attraction's Facebook page said "a model we had never seen before was sitting amongst our little cottages" and "looked as though vandals had been decorating it".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2021
The children had been decorating picture frames with stickers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2014
The other day I went with a friend to inspect some rooms he had been decorating in one of our public schools.
From The Ways of Men by Eliot Gregory
Workmen from Paris had been decorating the rooms; a dignitary of the church was invited to perform the ceremony; and all the nobility for miles around were invited to the fête.
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
