had been eating
- past perfect progressive of eat.
Example Sentences
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"I was sitting in my bedroom eating noodles and looking at my phone. If I had been eating in the kitchen, I probably would not be alive today."
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
An hour earlier, many of these same worshipers had been eating pizza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
I’d just moved to Barcelona and, like any newly anointed local, had been eating pan con tomate – crunchy, tomato-slicked toast – in cafés and taverns all over town.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
His conscience had been eating him for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024
I mean, I had been eating hospital food almost every day during the week for, I don't even know how long.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
