plug
noun
a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
had been plugging
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past perfect progressiveof plug.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 screenwriter and director had been plugging away at drafts of scripts and was losing her mind a little bit, she remembers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
That was what Cripps, the prudent husband, had been plugging for all along.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scharfenstein had been plugging away over rusty rails and grass-grown ties—till he came to Barscheit.
From The Princess Elopes by Harold MacGrath
Honest old Elisha had been plugging along in the dust for the first half mile, but at that point he began to run, and the Curry colours moved up with great celerity.
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
