shade
noun
the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
had been shading
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past perfect progressiveof shade.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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She dropped the hand with which she had been shading her eyes and turned to me.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
So they began watching very carefully the distant shore, from which the deer had come, and after a while one who had been shading his eyes gave a start and whispered earnestly: “Wolf! wolf!”
From Three Boys in the Wild North Land by J. E. Laughlin
“Yes: hundreds!” said the Beaver, who had been shading his eyes and gazing attentively over the sunlit expanse of rocky landscape dotted with trees.
From The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains by Henri Théophile Hildibrand
Jimmie had been shading his eyes with a protecting hand.
From Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
"No, thank you," said Rupert, who had been shading his eyes with one hand, as if the light of the lamps had tried them: "I could not see."
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
