slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
had been slumbering
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past perfect progressiveof slumber.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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The Phillies bats had been slumbering, with just four runs scored and three losses over the first four games of the homestand without Harper.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2022
Its return might belong to the U.S. if its offense that had been slumbering for most of the last week can continue to come alive the way it did late in a 2-1 victory Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
Then suddenly that which had been slumbering in him woke.
From The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey
The rumble of the train had a very somnolent effect, and once or twice she started up, fearing that she had been slumbering.
From Jennie Baxter, Journalist by Robert Barr
From 1616 onwards this Baptist form of the idea of Liberty of Conscience had been slumbering somewhere in the English heart.
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by David Masson
