irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
had been irrigating
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past perfect progressiveof irrigate.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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Ever since then he had been irrigating, throwing upon his thirsty fields every drop of water he could get.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
Summoned from the west end of the ranch, where he had been irrigating the alfalfa, Uncle Frank arrived at the house just as Cheyenne and Dorothy rode up.
From Partners of Chance by Henry Herbert Knibbs
Bob had been irrigating all day and was dead tired.
From The Desert Fiddler by William H. (William Henry) Hamby
