forage
noun
had been foraging
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past perfect progressiveof forage.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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Kevin and Mr. Castro had heard about an abandoned field a 45-minute walk from their home where other neighbors had been foraging for bitter yuca.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2016
The scientists examined the well-being of multiple bee species after the bees had been foraging in untreated or clothianidin-treated fields of oilseed rape with an average size of around 9 hectares.
From Nature ● May 19, 2015
It's late April in Northeast Arnhem Land, in Australia's Top End, and until the rains came, Yunupingu, an expert in art and bush medicine, had been foraging for yam.
From Time Magazine Archive
She would think I had been foraging for her—the mother of seven green kittens!—and would take my charges as titbits.
From Roof and Meadow by Dallas Lore Sharp
One or two of them had been foraging, and bore sheeps' heads and hares which they had purchased or "taken" in the village.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
