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
Mortgage rates had been edging higher for the past several months, but the large jump in rates last week followed the release of the minutes of the Fed’s December meeting.
From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 2022
Kennedy had been edging out Markey in fundraising.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2020
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
Meanwhile one of the troopers had been edging his horse close to the aeroplane.
From A Hero of Li?ge by Herbert Strang
