had been hugging
- past perfect progressive of hug.
Example Sentences
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Whitecotton and others who stood just feet away said Owens was unarmed, had been hugging his aunt, Evelyn O’Dell, and was fired on immediately after his name was called.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Quinto's mother, Cassandra Quinto-Collins, claims she had been hugging her son and he was calm by the time officers arrived at their home in Antioch, 45 miles east of San Francisco.
From Fox News ● Feb. 24, 2021
I had been hugging the dog for 4 minutes when I heard screaming.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
But all the time it seemed he had been hugging illusion, and the troubles had been merely piling up for his return!
From Sir George Tressady — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Here Matie, who had been hugging her little pug for some time, began to grow very sleepy, so Uncle Jack dismissed the children with a "good-night" all around.
From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 by Various
