rinse
verb (used with object)
to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water.
had been rinsing
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past perfect progressiveof rinse.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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The crew had been rinsing, sifting and sorting dirt from one open pit for a week.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024
O-lan had been rinsing the rice bowls with a little water and now she piled them in a corner of the hut and looked up at him from the spot where she squatted.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
In her excitement, a dressing-sacque, which she had been rinsing unconsciously, had just escaped her, and the stream was fast bearing it away.
From The Dream by Eliza E. Chase
The frog spread itself out on the water, just where Lidushka had been rinsing her clothes, and sat there working its jaws as if it wanted to say something.
From The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Parker Fillmore
"Well, Nellie," answered the woman who had been rinsing the breakfast things, ignoring the first supposition.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller
