fast
adjective
had been fasting
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past perfect progressiveof fast.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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Juve’s injury problems were easing while Maccabi was without several of its Jewish players in the starting lineup as they had been fasting because of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Bailey added that she had been fasting and praying for days “for something else” but observed that “It was God preparing me for this moment in my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
Matthew Searle said Ms Shaw had been fasting and she may have passed out or fallen "due to her lack of intake of food and fluid".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2019
On Sunday, he was taken to the Tyler hospital after telling corrections officers he had been fasting since his conviction this month and was ill.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2011
I had been fasting since I was a little kid when we’d wake up with my parents early in the morning to eat and pray together.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
