room
noun
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts.
had been rooming
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past perfect progressiveof room.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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During the concert, Axel Acosta got separated from a person he had been rooming with at a local hotel, his brother said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2021
Watts, it is true, tried to drag Peter into society, yet in truth, Peter was really left more alone than if he had been rooming with a less social fellow.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
For one month previous to this, I had been rooming in a boarding house in Kanda-ku, pending a decision as to my future course.
From Botchan (Master Darling) by Morri, Yasotaro
