flog
verb (used with object)
had been flogging
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past perfect progressiveof flog.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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At that point, the company had been flogging its initial foray into the motorcycle market - the Victory brand bike - for a decade.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2013
For weeks he had been flogging it, like an over-tired horse, into a feeble display of energy.
From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Coningsby Dawson
Ever since the affair on the station platform he had been flogging himself because he had driven away and left Meldrum in possession of the field.
From The Sheriff's Son by William MacLeod Raine
I noticed that the book had several marks across it, as if some one had been flogging the unfortunate work.
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
