satiate
verb (used with object)
to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
had been satiating
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past perfect progressiveof satiate.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 draught had been delicious; but time also proved that it had been satiating.
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
