dribble
verb (used without object)
to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.
had been dribbling
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past perfect progressiveof dribble.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 much of that time, Watford City had been dribbling away, its population falling by one-third from 1980 to 2000, down to about 1,400.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2014
For a few weeks past convalescents of the First Battalion had been dribbling into Ayr.
From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John
