fuss
noun
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle.
had been fussing
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past perfect progressiveof fuss.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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Boaz had been fussing, and it had been Eli’s turn to get up and feed him.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
If someone had been fussing with me to read like my sister, I might have missed the picture book filled with brown people, more brown people than I'd ever seen in a book before.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
Martha, she had been fussing around some flower bushes with a pair of shears and gloves on.
From Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis
Aubrey's mother and her father had decided upon the engagement after Aubrey had been fussing her for a few weeks.
From Gargoyles by Ben Hecht
While he had been fussing and fretting at the cellar window, the Bullfinches must have come home and Mr. Bullfinch had put on the Sousa record.
From Jerry's Charge Account by Charles Geer
