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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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
“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
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
He spoke quite calmly, as though he had been narrating a commonplace occurrence.
From Sant' Ilario by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Now an emphatic hum arose on the part of all who heard—and indeed there had been a silence that might be felt while he had been narrating his tale.
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
