mountaineer
noun
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
had been mountaineering
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past perfect progressiveof mountaineer.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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As he had been mountaineering all day, he probably would have slept well under any conditions.
From The Alleged Haunting of B—— House by A. Goodrich-Freer
