screen
noun
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
had been screening
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past perfect progressiveof screen.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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To create the new compound, Tarleton and colleagues teamed up with researchers from Anacor Pharmaceuticals, a Palo Alto, California–based company that had been screening compounds against a variety of parasites.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2022
Jail operations are expected to be streamlined and staff that had been screening mail are able to be redeployed “to where they are needed most in the jail,” said Sheriff Michael Bouchard.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020
We had been screening people for criminal records when they called our hotline number.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 17, 2020
As the driver waited to enter the U.S., a canine team that had been screening vehicles in line detected something at the undercarriage of the pickup, according to the press release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2018
That morning's Courier-Journal slipped down from the forehead it had been screening against the sun, and the Colonel became aware of a presence at his side.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
