fry
verb (used with object)
to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
had been frying
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past perfect progressiveof fry.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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They found when they entered the house that Mary Erskine had been frying nut-cakes and apple-turnovers for them.
From Mary Erskine by Jacob Abbott
It had evidently been attracted by the smell of some fish they had been frying, and stood with its nose in the air sniffing.
From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Walter Paget
It was the girl who had been frying the bacon, and she still held a greasy knife in her hand.
From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Dorothy Richardson
Two days later, Rolf chanced to see his friend behind the shanty give Skookum the pan to clean off after they had been frying deer fat.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
