overhang
verb (used with object)
to hang or be suspended over.
had been overhanging
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past perfect progressiveof overhang.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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This was the rear squadron of Germans, that had been overhanging the Allied advance and signaling their own men further east.
From Our Pilots in the Air by William Perry Brown
