had been sketching
- past perfect progressive of sketch.
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
What he really wanted was to be an artist, and he already had a subject: birds, which he had been sketching for years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2014
He had been sketching throughout the game, and the balls of paper were rejected ideas.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2012
He pointed out that for the past two years these individuals, working upon a carefully prepared plan, had been sketching, photographing, and carefully making notes throughout the whole of East Anglia.
From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by Le Queux, William
