regale
verb (used with object)
to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
had been regaling
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past perfect progressiveof regale.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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He had been regaling his fiancee with the details of an all-you-can-eat dinner he was beginning to regret.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
At the time the three boys approached he had been regaling himself as he clung to the upper part of the dangling buck.
From With Trapper Jim in the North Woods by Lawrence J. Leslie
He was redolent of the stables, where he had been regaling himself with the company of his fellow-creatures the horses ever since breakfast.
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Céline had been unusually garrulous, and had been regaling her mistress with descriptions of the great people, and the magnificent toilets she had seen, while with some of her former miladis.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
Professor Marshall, who had been regaling himself with lunch in Miss Beasley’s study, now made his appearance, escorted by the head mistress, and apparently refreshed by cocoa and conversation.
From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon
