partake
verb (used without object)
to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed byin ).
had been partaking
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past perfect progressiveof partake.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 sailors had been partaking of venison as well as ourselves; but there were not those sounds of joviality incidental to festive occasions, and the silence in the forecastle attracted our notice.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
For a long time, Siddhartha had been partaking in the discussions of the wise men, practising debate with Govinda, practising with Govinda the art of reflection, the service of meditation.
From Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
For, hearing that an hour or two previous she had been partaking of some twenty unripe bananas, I rather fancied that that circumstance might have had something to do with her sufferings.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Herman Melville
He had been partaking of the body of God all his life.
From There & Back by George MacDonald
“That means that our time has come, I suppose,” remarked Stukely, as he set down the food of which he had been partaking.
From Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess by Edward S. Hodgson
