excrete
verb (used with object)
to separate and eliminate from an organic body; separate and expel from the blood or tissues, as waste or harmful matter.
had been excreting
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past perfect progressiveof excrete.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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Dobriner found, on examining the stored extract from her urine, that she had been excreting the uncommon steroid for at least three years before her cancer developed.
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