frame
noun
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
had been framing
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past perfect progressiveof frame.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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However incongruous it was there, and the lips that had been framing a cruel retort merely gave utterance to a quiet acquiescence.
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Ridgwell Cullum
He had been framing a steady countenance to answer to all interrogatories.
From The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story by Clara Reeve
Bill swiftly added another to that list of qualities which he had been framing on his homeward journey.
From Uneasy Money by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Whatever question Mr. Goldstein had been framing, he was not permitted to use this part of the record.
From The After House by Mary Roberts Rinehart
