fatten
verb (used with object)
to make fat.
had been fattening
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past perfect progressiveof fatten.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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It led to a bottom-heavy release calendar, as if pop’s golden goose had been fattening up all year to pelt fans with gleaming eggs.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2019
He had come to Caddagat for a pair of bullocks which had been fattening in grannie's home paddock.
From My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
How the stately monster had been fattening upon foreign spoils!
From Prue and I by George William Curtis
Now—now it's a swell bunch of fifty beeves that had been fattening for the buyers.
From The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum
The pigs had been fattening through the winter, and it was quite time to send them to market.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
