faint
adjective
lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc..
had been fainting
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past perfect progressiveof faint.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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She had buoyed up his courage when it had been fainting; she had fought splendidly against the last terrible inertia of exhaustion.
From The Stolen Singer by Bellinger, Martha Idell Fletcher
