repine
verb (used without object)
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
had been repining
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past perfect progressiveof repine.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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Even when he had been repining at the decrees of His Providence, that Providence was working out his best and truest good.
From The Elm Tree Tales by F. Irene Burge (Frances Irene Burge) Smith
