peddle
verb (used with object)
to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
had been peddling
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past perfect progressiveof peddle.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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For years, a chorus of independent crafters had been peddling #geesbendinspired quilts on Etsy.
From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2022
Such tactics were hardly consistent, though, with the moral and transparent style of leadership Sandberg had been peddling in “Lean In,” which has sold over four million copies in five years.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2018
Robinson says Gross had told him that Castro had been peddling the cigarettes and rum in Miami again, but the buyer hadn't shown.
From BusinessWeek ● May 26, 2011
This morning BP chief executive Tony Hayward made a weary round of the morning news shows with a much less optimistic prognosis than the one the company had been peddling.
From Time ● May 28, 2010
A few years ago, he had been peddling his manuscripts with the heart-sickness of unsuccessful middle age.
From The Call of the Cumberlands by Charles Neville Buck
