had been nerving
- past perfect progressive of nerve.
Example Sentences
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Last week, in the salty little city of Bath, Me., the moment lor which Mrs. Vanderbilt had been nerving herself finally arrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had walked up the short garden path, leaving Dick to settle with the cabman, who had been nerving himself for a tussle, and was surprised to find it unnecessary.
From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald
He had been nerving himself for just this crisis, and his muscles were ready primed for a quick leap.
From Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good by Douglas, Alan
All the voyage from Phaleron he had been nerving himself for this ordeal; his composure did not desert now.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
He had been nerving himself during a long slow silence for that.
From Mary Wollaston by Webster, Henry Kitchell
