garden
noun
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
had been gardening
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past perfect progressiveof garden.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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“Once folks had to move out of those spaces we saw that there was a high need for folks who had been gardening for decades,” Wilson said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2021
The former nurse’s aide had been gardening when she tripped and fell.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017
It was one evening when we had been gardening together, and tired after that pleasant toil we sat beneath the myrtle trees.
From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Katharine Tynan
Karen said that she had been gardening and walking.
From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Yes, she had been gardening; it—it was a favourite hobby nowadays; all her friends....
From Married Life The True Romance by May Edginton
