envelop
verb (used with object)
to wrap up in or as in a covering.
had been enveloping
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past perfect progressiveof envelop.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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It implied that all his life Mr. Povey had been enveloping his neck in something which was horrid.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
