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had been flaring
  • past perfect progressive of flare.

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Fricka's spittle criticism was the outcome of a tiff that had been flaring ever since Mme.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wind had been flaring a steady torrid white flame.

From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

This new flame was as the latter in comparison to match-flames that had been flaring in the doctor's eyes.

From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe

The hatred that had been flaring in his head suddenly faded, and the heavy thing that had been his heart for as long as he could remember, became light as thistledown.

From The Little House in the Fairy Wood by Eliot, Ethel Cook

One would have thought hundreds of paraffin-lamps had been flaring and smoking in that hole for days.

From Youth, a Narrative by Conrad, Joseph