had been jumping
- past perfect progressive of jump.
Example Sentences
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For days, students in Chile — South America’s model of a free-market economy and an oasis of regional stability — had been jumping turnstiles at subway stations to protest the transit rate increase.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2019
When she entered, the 10 or so teenage wonders who had been jumping and spinning during serious-skater-only hours rushed off the ice to envelop her with hugs.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2018
There is no way to know how many people had been jumping the turnstile, at least metaphorically, to avoid paying the $1.50-a-ride fare, and thus how much money the M.T.A. has lost.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2013
Little Josh, who won a race over the National fences in December, had been jumping well in the main before ploughing through the fourth-last fence, having met it at about halfway up.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2013
And all that time Charley had been jumping up and down on a yellow jackets’ nest!
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
