even
adjective
had been evening
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past perfect progressiveof even.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 had been evening when she crossed into the woods from the park.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
It had been evening when I dropped from the clouds, but the mist kept the light very white though rather dim.
From The Man from the Clouds by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston
If it had been evening we should have been glad to camp there.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau
The yellow horn of the moon had appeared silently and as if suddenly over the black horns of the seaweed, seeming to announce as night something which till then had been evening.
From The Trees of Pride by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
