detail
noun
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
had been detailing
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past perfect progressiveof detail.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 years, news outlets had been detailing McCarthy’s falsehoods.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2017
Aunt Kate had been detailing some of the pleasant neighborhood news.
From The Girls at Mount Morris by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Whilst the Puritan seaman had been detailing his reminiscence, his eyes had kept wandering from the clouds to the flapping sails and back.
From The Refugees by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I shall give, as a specimen, one of his summaries of what the Parliamentary Journals had been detailing during the week.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
Whilst the Seneschal of Villefranche had been detailing the evil doings of his tenants, Alleyne had been unable to take his eyes from the face of Lady Tiphaine.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
