moon
noun
none the moon or the Moon the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2,160 miles (3,476 km).
had been mooning
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past perfect progressiveof moon.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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On the day I have in recollection, Paul Tichlorne had been mooning all morning in my study over a current scientific review.
From Moon-Face by London, Jack
She recalled that her youngest son had met Madame Zattiany in Mrs. Oglethorpe's box on Monday night and had been mooning about the house ever since.
From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Ray came ashore with the rest of the crowd, had business at Cook's Bank, wandered off by himself and had been mooning by himself most of the voyage.
From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by King, Charles
A farmer's horse that had been mooning leisurely about an adjoining field, suddenly took a fancy to the shady interior disclosed by the wide-open doors of the sacred building.
From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry
