protrude
verb (used without object)
to project.
had been protruding
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past perfect progressiveof protrude.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 nose was gone and the mouth defaced, but enough was left to show that the latter had been protruding.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt
Thirteen hours had elapsed from the infliction of the wound, through which the bulk of the intestines had been protruding for the past six hours.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
