fashion
noun
a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc..
had been fashioning
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past perfect progressiveof fashion.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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Paula A. Kerger, the president and chief executive of PBS, said that her organization had been fashioning various budget options to account for many possibilities.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2011
For some time now, as I have already more than hinted, Sepia had been fashioning a man to her thrall—Mewks, namely, the body-servant of Mr. Redmain.
From Mary Marston by George MacDonald
He had been fashioning two saplings into strong handspikes, and now offered one each to the gentlemen.
From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Elizabeth Hely Walshe
Although General Benjamin Tupper of Massachusetts had been fashioning devices of this character eight years previously, Fitch was the first to apply the idea effectively.
From The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway by Archer Butler Hulbert
