furnish
verb (used with object)
to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
had been furnishing
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past perfect progressiveof furnish.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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Walmart had been furnishing what it contended were huge volumes of materials.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2020
Until September, she had been furnishing the system with canvas slip-ons, but the city decided it wanted something sturdier.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2010
For fifteen years Cecilia had been furnishing her house; the process approached completion.
From Fraternity by John Galsworthy
For several evenings Wee Andra had been furnishing hilarious entertainment for the village by his agonized efforts to skate.
From Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
The misfortunes of the Chapman family, my reader must know, had been furnishing Nyack something to talk about for several months.
From The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family by A. R. Waud
