had been peeling
- past perfect progressive of peel.
Example Sentences
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Lime said vandals had been peeling the stickers off.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2021
In the riverside town of Corning, many homes looked empty, with paint that had been peeling for years, maybe decades, warped wooden porches and roofs with shingles flaking off.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
For about a year, the skin on my hands had been peeling, monthly.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2015
Suddenly, she threw the potato she had been peeling into the fire.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Only one little boy recovered himself sufficiently to ran after her and hold up a switch he had been peeling.
From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Brown, Alice
