had been moaning
- past perfect progressive of moan.
Example Sentences
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Thea had been moaning with every breath since the doctor came back, but she did not know it.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
He understood though that we would not be troubling McNab, when I told him what had happened, and was quiet—though he had been moaning and crying all day.
From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
Indeed, that morning all comparisons seemed to take on a tinge of melancholy; the reason being that throughout the previous evening there had been moaning in my soul a mournful dirge on the future life.
From Through Russia by Hogarth, C. J.
No sooner had the sexton begun to dig the grave than the wind, which had been moaning and wailing round the stones and wooden crosses, began to howl with a sinister sound.
From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.
It seemed to her that this woman had been moaning thus since the night before.
From Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite by Lou?s, Pierre
