heap
noun
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile.
had been heaping
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past perfect progressiveof heap.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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For some 30 years he had been heaping his own yard with indelicate odds & ends, and he lived just a tin-can's throw from the very best people.
From Time Magazine Archive
I passed my hand over the mass of rings which the Bo's'n had been heaping together, rolling them about until I discovered the thing that I sought.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Could I foresee that simple act of mine was to let loose all the punishment the Hudson's Bay had been heaping up against the day of judgment?
From Lords of the North by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
He got gaily away before his mother could amplify a suggestion which spoiled a little of his pleasure in the praises—he thought they were unqualified and enthusiastic praises—she had been heaping upon Alice.
From April Hopes by William Dean Howells
When Helen came to that she could go no farther, for her wretchedness had been heaping itself up, and her heart was bursting.
From King Midas: a Romance by Upton Sinclair
