mother
noun
a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.
had been mothering
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past perfect progressiveof mother.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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By spring Mrs. Catt's custodianship of the Leslie funds had been determined by court decision and plans that she had been mothering since 1915 could be put into execution.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Ida Husted Harper
