flaunt
verb (used without object)
to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
had been flaunting
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past perfect progressiveof flaunt.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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When Desnoyers entered this place, he saw in the vestibule the same posters which had been flaunting their spectacular gayeties when he had visited it a few months before with his family.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
