sight
noun
the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
had been sighting
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past perfect progressiveof sight.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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A man on deck with a glass had been sighting them.
From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Amanda Minnie Douglas
While he had been sighting on the second seal-creature, the third had attacked the torpoon from the rear by striking it with all the strength of its heavy, muscular body.
From Under Arctic Ice by H. G. Winter
