mar
verb (used with object)
to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil.
had been marring
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past perfect progressiveof mar.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 little frown that had been marring the youth of her pretty brow smoothed itself away.
From Helbeck of Bannisdale β Volume II by Mrs. Humphry Ward
