recount
verb (used with object)
to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
had been recounting
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past perfect progressiveof recount.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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And the lank, haggard youth laughed merrily, as if he had been recounting a series of the happiest adventures.
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
The author, with dry, white lips, had been recounting a series of sordid symptoms, and, as the recital grew, their sordidness seemed suddenly to strike him with a mighty disgust.
From Flames by Robert Smythe Hichens
Bryany had been recounting his exploits as a card.
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
He had been recounting a fight between Roman vessels, heavy and slow, and the swift African galleys.
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
She had hardly got downstairs when Robert came in from the Green, where he had been recounting the experiences of the last seance.
From Queen Lucia by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
