sleet
noun
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail).
had been sleeting
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past perfect progressiveof sleet.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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It had been sleeting and the pavements here and there were still icy.
From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by Edward Mandell House
