slam
verb (used with or without object)
to shut with force and noise.
had been slamming
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past perfect progressiveof slam.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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Her heart, which had been slamming in her chest the whole ride home, finally slowed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
With ever-increasing force, the waves of Watergate had been slamming for weeks against the doors of the Oval Office.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the 'Triumph' had been slamming 12-inch shells into them only the previous night, the chances were that the telephone wires were cut.
From On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles by T. C. (Thomas Charles) Bridges
