mesmerize
verb (used with object)
had been mesmerizing
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past perfect progressiveof mesmerize.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 ever-magnifying splendor before us had been mesmerizing our senses,—slowly overpowering our wills with the amazement of its beauty.
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn
