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
The jealousy that had been slumbering within her heart suddenly gripped her.
From Keineth by Jane Abbott
"Here I am," answered a sleepy voice, the hated voice of Pereira himself, from the other side of a thick bush, where he had been slumbering.
From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Henry Rider Haggard
And all the melodies that had been slumbering within him awoke, and all that he dreamt of as most lovely and beautiful, stood bodily before him.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
