pant
verb (used without object)
to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
had been panting
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past perfect progressiveof pant.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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And in the "Lizzie," which had been panting by the side of the road, Peter was conducted by the soiled young man at the wheel to Black Rock House.
From The Vagrant Duke by George Gibbs
Hinpoha had been panting in distress for some time, but had kept on gamely.
From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
He remembered distinctly that Lady had been panting as she slunk out of the room.
From Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
It was what, in the arid hours under the ilex tree, collected so ignominiously round Mrs. Bilton's knee they had been panting for, like thirsty dogs with their tongues out.
From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth
