romance
noun
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively).
had been romancing
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past perfect progressiveof romance.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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It was felt that either Denry had been romancing to the Captain, or that he had been married before, unknown to his Nellie, and had been "carrying on" at Geneva.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
The captain had been romancing when he told Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch she had been dressing herself up.
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
One moment, she believed that Gladys had been romancing for some purpose of her own; the next, that all she said was true.
From Gladys, the Reaper by Anne Beale
Sorrow gave place to insufferable distrust that while she had been romancing about this cowboy, dreaming of her good influence over him, he had been merely base.
From Light of the Western Stars by Zane Grey
It seemed she had been romancing before; it was not true about the Captain's having asked her to keep a look out.
From Wanderers by W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster
