prime
adjective
of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration.
had been priming
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past perfect progressiveof prime.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 NFL had been priming its two latest international destinations — it sent Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson to Brazil last offseason to visit Vinicius Junior, a Brazilian who plays for Real Madrid.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
But he had been priming the explosion for months.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2021
Ingred, who had been priming herself with local lore, confided details of the occult ceremonial to Quenrede.
From A Popular Schoolgirl by Balliol Salmon
So far from being the central figure in the affair for which he had been priming himself these many weeks he had been left out of it altogether, left out like a ninny caught napping.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan
He presented all the symptoms of a guilty, conscience-stricken wretch; and his mother, who had been priming him with camomile surreptitiously, began to lose confidence in that wonderful herb.
From The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy by Edward Dyson
