embroider
verb (used with object)
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
had been embroidering
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past perfect progressiveof embroider.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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And Mamma took out a little white frock she had been embroidering for "Fower's" birthday wear, and which had been laid away for a long while out of sight.
From Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves by Frances Freeling Broderip
She had been embroidering a mouchoir case for Clarence that unfortunate afternoon of Darrell's performance, when she heard loud talking in the piazza.
From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal
