imbibe
verb (used with object)
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink.
had been imbibing
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past perfect progressiveof imbibe.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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Diebenkorn had been imbibing Matisse all his life.
From Washington Post
One would think you had been imbibing too liberally if he did not know you as well as I. What do you mean by implying some woman kept you from an appointment for my sake?
From Professor Huskins by Lettie M. Cummings
During his first year he had been imbibing knowledge from his contemporaries; he had been a spectator; now the time had come for him to take his part in the drama of Fernhurst life.
From The Loom of Youth by Alec Waugh
She had been imbibing a large quantity of milk, and the effect of this nourishment had been to at once compose her spirits and slightly enliven them.
From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sand-flies in legions now beset me, and the earth, which had been imbibing heat all day, radiated it far into the morning.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
