edge
noun
a line or border at which a surface terminates.
had been edging
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past perfect progressiveof edge.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 nearly a year, the average used vehicle in the United States had been edging toward affordable again for millions of people.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
If he had been edging toward a sustained public challenge to Tsipras, this was a change of course.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 3, 2015
The hosts had been edging the contest but collapsed suddenly, starting when Welbeck teed up Ozil to run through and coolly roll past Brad Guzan for his first goal of the season.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2014
That smashed Wall Street's average forecast of 54 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, although analysts had been edging down estimates for the last three months.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2013
The smallish man who had been edging into the crowd so politely suddenly dashed to the group forming at the gang-plank and pushed his way rudely into the front rank.
From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis
