illuminate
verb (used with object)
to supply or brighten with light; light up.
had been illuminating
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past perfect progressiveof illuminate.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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Their short interview at Burlington House had been illuminating.
From The Dweller on the Threshold by Robert Smythe Hichens
His talk with Mr. Manley had been illuminating.
From The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson
To my metaphysical friends in Jamaica the 'Light of Asia' had been shining amidst German dreams, and the moonlight of the Vedas had been illuminating the pessimism of Schopenhauer.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude
