game
noun
an amusement or pastime.
had been gaming
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past perfect progressiveof game.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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When Silla and Murray opened the floor to questions, kids took turns raising their hands and sharing the problems they had been gaming out in their heads.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
The California resident had been gaming eight hours a day.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2011
Long before Panetta ordered General William McRaven, head of the Joint Special Forces Command, to undertake the mission at 1:22 p.m. on Friday, the CIA had been gaming out how to structure the raid.
From Time ● May 3, 2011
So he had been gaming somewhat recklessly these past days, and with varying success.
From Tom Tufton's Travels by Evelyn Everett-Green
There had been gaming debts, and carriage-builders' accounts, money lost to Heaven knows whom.
From Gobseck by Ellen Marriage
