grill
noun
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
had been grilling
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past perfect progressiveof grill.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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During my niece’s first birthday party, my dad had collapsed after handing off the hamburgers he had been grilling.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2017
A few days earlier, Bunny had been grilling me about where I’d gone to prep school.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
I assure you that at the moment I was a great deal sorrier than if the worthy little volume itself had been grilling on the top of the coals.
From Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble
While the cook had been broiling bones for O'Grady below, he had been grilling Furlong for himself above.
From Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes by Samuel Lover
