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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He estimated that the tide had been ebbing for an hour or so when he was fastened up and abandoned.
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
As he put Strachan’s letter away in his pocket, all his old bitterness against Sedleigh, which had been ebbing during the past few days, returned with a rush.
From Mike by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Yet by that time their strength had been ebbing away, and many of them had fallen.
From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Philip Gibbs
For some time, in fact, vitality had been ebbing from his work.
From Overbeck by J. Beavington Atkinson
The boy’s life had been saved just when it had been ebbing away, but that was all.
From Our Soldier Boy by Victor Venner
