match
noun
a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
had been matching
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past perfect progressiveof match.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 IRS had been matching up advance payments based on 2019 or 2020 tax returns.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
And as he released the wrist he had seized to help her, she repeated the dismal prophecy which for days she had been matching against her hopes: "You're going to leave me—in the lurch!"
From The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
