hurl
verb (used with object)
to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
had been hurling
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past perfect progressiveof hurl.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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On Tuesday, Albanian police at the main Skanderbeg Square pushed away a small group of Italian fans who had been hurling water bottles to keep them away from Dutch fans.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022
The horrid-sounding charges which Joseph I. Zook, as head of a self-appointed stockholders protective "association," had been hurling at Montgomery Ward's management insured good attendance.
From Time Magazine Archive
My interviews with Lemuel have left me not only exhausted but bruised, as if I had been hurling myself against a dead wall.
From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean
With a last long swoop, an abandonment of all the furious energies that for so long had been hurling her over burning sand and black crag, Nissr slanted to the grassy sward.
From The Flying Legion by England, George Allan
