hoist
verb (used with object)
to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance.
had been hoisting
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past perfect progressiveof hoist.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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Since then, crews had been hoisting some of them off.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2022
The shot had, evidently, told upon a huge black demon, who had been hoisting himself up by the anchor-rope.
From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
