ebb
noun
had been ebbing
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past perfect progressiveof ebb.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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What irked him was the thought that while he had followed the mill-round of duty, strength had been ebbing away and had left him useless.
From Major Vigoureux by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
A shock of delight instilled new strength into Hatfield, whose blood had been ebbing away for the past three-quarters of an hour.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
For some time, in fact, vitality had been ebbing from his work.
From Overbeck by J. Beavington Atkinson
The fortunes of war had been ebbing and flowing first on one side, then on the other—the belligerents on neither being as yet satisfied.
From In the Van; or, The Builders by John Price-Brown
It had been ebbing for nearly three hours and a half.
From The Men Who Wrought by Ridgwell Cullum
