flood
noun
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
had been flooding
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past perfect progressiveof flood.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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Priya Armstrong-Pond, who lives on the seventh floor, said there had been flooding in the building on Friday.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Darling told me that responses to her ad had been flooding in, and “99 percent of them” had been positive.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022
There had been flooding in their village of Majooki more than a decade ago, and they hadn’t needed to flee.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
There had been flooding in the Midwest, befuddlement over the path of a tropical storm and devastation in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
More than the vague, official messages had been flooding in from Earth.
From Where I Wasn't Going by Walt Richmond
