munch
verb (used with object)
to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
had been munching
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past perfect progressiveof munch.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 back-to-back disasters enabled bark-boring beetles that had been munching on dead trees to jump to drought-weakened ones.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2021
He gathered up some fragments of food left from the lunch that the guard had been munching and tucked them in his pocket.
From Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive by Homer Randall
The shabby student-looking chap and his equally shabby and merry little companion, both Americans, closed the bag of fruit from which they had been munching and sat looking into each other's eyes.
From Cheerful—By Request by Edna Ferber
A wretched substitute; no more real, sweet fun than the saccharine tablets which she had been munching were real sugar.
From The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck
They wanted a change of diet as they had been munching buffalo meat three times a day for some time past and the regularity with which it came became monotonous.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
