sin
noun
transgression of divine law.
had been sinning
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past perfect progressiveof sin.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 lived for 'Lias, but she lived for her religion too, and it seemed to her she had been sinning in her piteous talk.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
I soon discovered that I had been sinning against all law in admiring any thing at Versailles.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
For six months I had been sinning bravely.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
