gorge
noun
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
had been gorging
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past perfect progressiveof gorge.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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We had been gorging on all three ever since we arrived in Provence and decided to create a bowl of the sweet fruits.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2019
While they had stood in the dark, expecting every moment to be pounced upon, he had been gorging on the dead leopard.
From In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa by Ernest Glanville
The Wolf and the Crane A Wolf had been gorging on an animal he had killed, when suddenly a small bone in the meat stuck in his throat and he could not swallow it.
From Aesop's Fables by Aesop
Violent movements in the branches as we passed drew our attention to monkeys, which had been gorging themselves with fruit and scampered away on our approach.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
