ford
noun
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
had been fording
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past perfect progressiveof ford.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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He faced a man on a shabby horse, whose mount likewise stood in the stream and who had been fording the river from the opposite direction.
From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe
