sketch
noun
a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
had been sketching
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past perfect progressiveof sketch.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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Recently, Green had been sketching designs for an off-the-grid cabin he planned to build in Hawaii, where he was born while his father was in the Army.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
That was a discovery for me, that he had been sketching characters for his books.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2014
He had been sketching throughout the game, and the balls of paper were rejected ideas.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2012
Yorke had been sketching out ideas for the band’s Great Electronic Leap Forward at home on a cheap beatbox.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2012
He had been sketching rapidly, but he saw the little faces changing with an uncomprehended dread.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
