slice
noun
a thin, flat piece cut from something.
had been slicing
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past perfect progressiveof slice.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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He had been slicing apart the liver, one of the favorite nesting sites of Ebola.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
On the table lay a loaf of bread—the colored woman had been slicing it when he knocked—and in the pan sizzled a dozen slices of bacon.
From Tom of the Raiders by Austin Bishop
