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
She had been heaping up riches, and had not known who should gather them.
From The Iron Woman by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
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 Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
I felt as though I had been heaping up a store of care and anxiety around me for one I had never seen before, and for whom I could really take no deep interest.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
For some time she had been ignoring the troubles of her left foot, the instep of which felt as if some one had been heaping coals of fire on it.
From The Wrong Woman by Stewart, Charles D.
