quest
noun
a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something.
had been questing
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past perfect progressiveof quest.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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After all, Pete got to have his family again, Roger got to be with the sort of woman he had been questing after the entire show.
From Forbes ● May 17, 2015
What she really had been questing was some one to share them with her.
From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
His room-mate, a conductor on the P. R. R., was a globe-trotter, and through him Carl met the Adventurers, whom he had been questing ever since he had run away from Oscar Ericson's woodshed.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis
It was he, John Keith, who had been questing and yearning and hoping.
From The River's End by James Oliver Curwood
