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
Yes, she had been gardening; it—it was a favourite hobby nowadays; all her friends....
From Married Life The True Romance by May Edginton
He threw them away, and went on digging as coolly as if he had been gardening.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald
When he complimented her upon her appearance, she told him she had been gardening.
From The Return of the Prodigal by May Sinclair
