had been fingering
- past perfect progressive of finger.
Example Sentences
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Ash had been fingering the stem of her goblet, looking at its fine workmanship, when Kaisa asked, “Will you come to the ball?”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
There was a silence; Buckhurst slowly unrolled the wrinkled paper he had been fingering.
From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
In reply the czar only smiled and offered the grand duke a light for the cigarette which he had been fingering in his nervous rage.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
Major Thomson, who had been fingering the Sketch, laid it down the moment the door was closed.
From Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
