hurry
verb (used without object)
to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed byup ).
had been hurrying
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past perfect progressiveof hurry.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 the day she first encountered the church in September 2016, Ms. Jeong, 25, recalled in an interview, she had been hurrying through a Seoul subway station.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2020
Florida last winter, appeared in a New York City court to testify that a friend arrested for speeding had been hurrying him to the hospital.
From Time Magazine Archive
She could hear the echoes of her knockings inside, so she knew that she would have heard footsteps if someone had been hurrying to answer the door.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
He had been hurrying along the new path for a few minutes, when he heard something in the path running parallel to his own that made him stop dead.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
He was slightly disheveled now, a few locks of his hair falling into his face, as if he had been hurrying through the cars looking for her.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
