had been drowning
- past perfect progressive of drown.
Example Sentences
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An interviewee had told me that the Coronation in the UK last May was very "fussy" and had been "drowning in nostalgia".
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
Zinn and his wife, Dolores, had been drowning in debt from bad real estate investments.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2018
The continued mental effort I had been making had cleared, rather than tired my brain; and I was out of that black sea of horror in which I had been drowning.
From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand
Yet, the relief I felt after the all but hopeless anguish in which I had been drowning for the last few days gave to my spirit a wild exhilaration that night.
From The Powers and Maxine by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
But the lesson was abruptly interrupted by Dutchy, whose imagination was worked up to such a pitch that I actually believe he thought he had been drowning.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
