jump
verb (used without object)
to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap.
had been jumping
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past perfect progressiveof jump.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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But she acknowledged that locals had been jumping at Sunset Cliffs since at least the 1950s in surf-centric Ocean Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Winners had been jumping into it since 1988.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
“Right before I walked down the aisle my shoes were so wet I was slipping in them. I had been jumping through those gross, deceptively deep New York City puddles.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
Once more, Knowledge to Action told us we had been jumping to conclusions.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2012
All his life, it seemed, Jim had been jumping at the next new thing, the bigger and better thing.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
