disfigure
verb (used with object)
to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface.
had been disfiguring
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past perfect progressiveof disfigure.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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To my surprise the raffle, which a few moments before had been disfiguring the side, was gone, and even the bulwark itself had recovered its proper shape and comeliness.
From The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Newell Boothby
"I particularly mentioned the seals, in case any very zealous housemaid, imagining that somebody had been disfiguring the doors, should remove them."
From The Slave of Silence by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
