had been embellishing

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of embellish.
  embellish

  verb (used with object)

  to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.

Related Words

• adorn
• bedeck
• dress up
• embroider
• exaggerate
• festoon
• gild
• overstate
• spiff up