had been perusing
- past perfect progressive of peruse.
Example Sentences
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“I think we can continue,” replied Chief Justice John Roberts, who had been perusing printouts of emails.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2020
Then last June, Anne Jurvetson said she got a call from friends who had been perusing the U.S.
From MSNBC ● Apr. 28, 2016
Several news organizations, including ours, reported this dangerous lapse, and months later a Taliban spokesman claimed that Afghan insurgents had been perusing the WikiLeaks site and making a list.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2011
And just before bedtime the speculators had been perusing the first of a new flock of corporation reports showing bigger earnings for the second quarter of the year.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Vanardy handed him one of the papers he had been perusing, watching with an amused smile the flabbergasted look that came into the fat man’s face as he read.
From The Gray Phantom's Return by Landon, Herman
