shear
verb (used with object)
to cut (something).
had been shearing
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past perfect progressiveof shear.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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Kate and Philip stood and talked where they had been shearing quietly, simply, without apparent interest, and meanwhile the workers discussed them.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
