parade
noun
a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
had been parading
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past perfect progressiveof parade.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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Isleworth Crown Court heard Jamalvatan had been "parading as a straight-laced PhD student who was looking after his auntie and mother, which couldn't be further from the truth".
From BBC ● May 21, 2021
So many of them had been parading to the stage early in the first round that fans might have thought they stumbled into a Fashion Week Big and Tall show.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2013
Then the ward, who has been in love with Lukas ever since the picture started, breaks her betrothal to a young collegian whom she had been parading to spur her foster-father's affections.
From Time Magazine Archive
The passengers who had been parading the platform had got aboard; the last five to arrive also had disappeared into the Pullmans, and their luggage had been thrown into the baggage car.
From The Blind Man's Eyes by Edwin Balmer
Some wretch had erased the two final letters, and I had been parading, all the evening, labeled, "Light Infant!"
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Alf Burnett
