kiss
verb (used with object)
to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc..
had been kissing
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past perfect progressiveof kiss.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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“I had been kissing my boyfriend on the front porch and she said: ‘You know, they only marry the nice ones.’
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2020
He claimed he and his wife had been "kissing and cuddling" when they became aware of a young man watching them.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2017
She had been kissing her boyfriend, Brian James Lucas, in a car.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2014
Watts, who has also appeared in Showtime’s Weeds and FX sitcom Partners, had been kissing her partner, Brian James Lucas, when two officers approached them and asked for identification.
From Time ● Sep. 14, 2014
Sarai gathered, from the tenor of the debate, that she had been kissing the ghosts.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
