mark
noun
a visible impression or trace on something, such as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise.
had been marking
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past perfect progressiveof mark.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 asset manager said it had been marking down prices of Russian securities in its funds and that where there is no trade, prices could be adjusted to zero.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2022
Nnadi upped an existing arrangement with the KC Pet Project, a no-kill shelter in Kansas City, in which he had been marking each Chiefs win this season by paying for a pup’s adoption fee.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2020
The incident happened in April, as Mr Abbott was flying into Paris from Turkey where he had been marking Anzac Day.
From BBC ● May 6, 2015
FOR several uneasy weeks, the peace cavalcade had been marking time.
From Time Magazine Archive
While I had been marking time the world had been marching; a hundred paragraphs had been lived into history.
From The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck
