shorten
verb (used with object)
had been shortening
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past perfect progressiveof shorten.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 big races attract all the money before Cheltenham, and Binocular had been shortening in the market very steadily over the last couple of months.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2011
