part
noun
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent.
had been parting
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past perfect progressiveof part.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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She would have felt and shown more if she had been parting with a favorite horse or dog.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles
The farewell scene was as pathetic as if we had been parting with a dear companion by death.
From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence
I think, however, that she had arrived at so much certainty as this, at that moment in which she had been parting with Burgo Fitzgerald, in Lady Monk's dining-room.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
They both had so many cabin bags and wall pockets and basket catchalls which had been parting gifts that it was difficult to find wall space for them all.
From Patty in Paris by Wells, Carolyn
