remark
verb (used with object)
to say casually, as in making a comment.
had been remarking
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past perfect progressiveof remark.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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One day, at the Club, Mark Lemon had been remarking that he had no peculiarities, at least not more than other men, and certainly none that he knew of.
From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)
So she went on in her neutral tone, as if she had been remarking on baby's robes.
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
A clergyman had been remarking to one of his elders that he was unfortunately invited to two funerals on one day, and that they were fixed for the same hour.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
That very morning Nana had been remarking to her aunt that in the matter of men one could not have done better—they were all either wellborn or wealthy, in fact, quite the thing.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile
Not only had he failed to distinguish either of her own girls, but he had, as Mrs. Tappitt said, made himself so conspicuous with that foolish girl, that all the world had been remarking it.
From Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony
