hunch
verb (used with object)
to thrust out or up in a hump; arch.
had been hunching
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past perfect progressiveof hunch.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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Meantime, he had been hunching himself up until now he succeeded in wrenching from somewhere behind, a ragged and shiny old wallet, bulging with worn and greasy papers.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
