narrate
verb (used with object)
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
had been narrating
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past perfect progressiveof narrate.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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“That all,” he assented, as though he had been narrating the misdeeds of somebody else, in which he had no concern whatever.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford
He spoke quite calmly, as though he had been narrating a commonplace occurrence.
From Sant' Ilario by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
I had been narrating how I met him, and how I came to be where I was and what he had done.
From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Edward Roper
The captain had been narrating some of them to us a few evenings before.
From James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
Once when he had been narrating this incident he was asked what reply the lady had made to so uncourteous a speech.
From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Leon H. (Leon Henry) Vincent
