had been disporting
- past perfect progressive of disport.
Example Sentences
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As the night went I heard the scullions who had been disporting themselves in the town return one by one, and the bolting and barring of doors.
From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine
The German flying machines had been disporting themselves here or there.
From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle
He had not been there long when a Gnat that had been disporting itself in the air pitched upon one of his horns.
From The Talking Beasts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
