pipe
noun
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
had been piping
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past perfect progressiveof pipe.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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She poked the piece of duck, which a second before she was certain had been piping hot, and found that it was ice-cold.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
This wasn’t the water that the workers had been piping into the borehole.
From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park
The curfew, who had been piping their mournful plaints since long before the light, flew now from weed-bank to weed-bank.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
A haggard gray light had been piping the edges of the shade.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh
I, who had been piping and strumming with the rest, suddenly rushed out of the throng, and thrusting my masterpiece in their faces, told them that it was music.
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
