had been eying

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of eye.
  eye

  noun

  the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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had been eying

Campbell had contributed money to Finkenauer’s campaign but also had been eying Franken.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2022

Crandon had been eying Revel for a year.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2015

Lieberman was 45 years old and had been eying Washington for a while, having lost a 1980 congressional race to Republican Larry DeNardis.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2011

The chief officer had been eying him closely.

From Prudence of the Parsonage by Ethel Hueston

"Here, get in the hammock and let me fix the cushions for you!" cried Olga, who had been eying Lydia closely.

From Lydia of the Pines by Honoré Morrow

Related Words

• check out
• contemplate
• inspect
• look at
• scan
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