had been sipping
- past perfect progressive of sip.
Example Sentences
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Ambassador Mellon, eschewing champagne, had been sipping all through dinner a rare and red French vintage.
From Time Magazine Archive
To Anne in particular things seemed fearfully flat, stale, and unprofitable after the goblet of excitement she had been sipping for weeks.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
She had been sipping the sweets of unspoken admiration.
From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
The Lion and the Gadfly Once a Lion was sleeping in his den at the foot of a great mountain when a Gadfly that had been sipping the blood from his mouth bit him severely.
From The Talking Beasts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
He had been sipping water off and on while he talked.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
