rhyme
noun
identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
had been rhyming
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past perfect progressiveof rhyme.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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For twenty years he had been rhyming, for eighteen he had been making verses for queens and ladies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
