penetrate
verb (used with object)
to pierce or pass into or through.
had been penetrating
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past perfect progressiveof penetrate.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 brilliance of the snow was very striking after the dusk of the interiors I had been penetrating.
From The Frozen Pirate by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
