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
Mrs. Lapham had been fussing distractedly with her hair and ribbons, in preparation for her encounter with Mrs. Corey.
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
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
She laid aside the aluminum cooking-utensils with which she had been fussing and rose from her knees as he passed her with a pleasant nod of au revoir.
From Quick Action by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
