deluge
noun
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
had been deluging
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past perfect progressiveof deluge.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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For weeks Churchill had been deluging her with ardent letters, to which she had not deigned to answer one word.
From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Thornton Hall
