photograph
noun
a picture produced by photography.
had been photographing
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past perfect progressiveof photograph.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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Reports from independent media in Russia suggested he had been photographing and sending classified information with his phone.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Mohammed Salem had been photographing residents searching for missing relatives at the Nasser Hospital morgue, for the Reuters agency, just days after his own wife gave birth.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024
Adams, born in 1902, had been photographing in the mountains since he was a teenager.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
The woman who called 911 had been photographing the tides from her yard for the Oregon King Tides Project.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
"I could not eat cake without doing so, and Mr. Glover supposed I had been photographing."
From Magnum Bonum by Charlotte Mary Yonge
