emit
verb (used with object)
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
had been emitting
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past perfect progressiveof emit.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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The plant, owned by the company Sterigenics and operating in Willowbrook, had been emitting huge amounts of the carcinogen, known as EtO, for three decades.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2020
Renato Solidum, the government’s chief volcanologist, said Tuesday that Taal had been emitting lava ever since its eruption, accompanied by significant earthquakes — all pointing to more trouble.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
The searchers had found the simulated nuclear device, which had been emitting a harmless amount of radiation, in less than two hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
For three months the crater had been emitting vapors more or less intense, but there bad been no ebullition of mineral matters.
From The Mysterious Island by Stephen W. White
The creature had been emitting cloud after cloud of black fog, and the atmosphere, in spite of the open windows, was dim in its vicinity.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Harry Bates
