log
noun
a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
had been logging
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past perfect progressiveof log.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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The city had been logging a few coronavirus infections for days.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
In France, Weah had been logging minutes for PSG’s U-19 squad and the reserve team in the fourth division, scoring twice last month.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2018
People had been logging trees that were hundreds or thousands of years old, and these are slow-growing species.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2013
One operation busted by federal agents in Phoenix last year had been logging 3,000 calls a day on just four phone lines.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had been logging in through her old university account but the university eventually killed her access since she was no longer a student.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
