feed
verb (used with object)
to give food to; supply with nourishment.
had been feeding
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past perfect progressiveof feed.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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Sheriff’s investigators initially said it appeared that Cooper had been feeding them when he was attacked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
In Arlington, a Boston suburb that saw three non-fatal coyote attacks on children in 2021, police later determined that a resident had been feeding a coyote.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
There was also a suggestion that a member of the Jewish Council had been feeding the Nazis information.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2022
For months she had been feeding her four children just once a day, unable to cultivate because of disastrous flooding and without enough food assistance from the government or aid groups.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
Zeitoun thought of the dogs he had been feeding.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
