slurp
verb (used with object)
to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises.
had been slurping
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past perfect progressiveof slurp.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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On Wednesday, Rob Price published a nice scoop about a San Francisco marketing agency that had been slurping up millions of public posts from Instagram and selling it to clients.
From The Verge ● Aug. 9, 2019
Facebook, it was discovered in April, had been slurping up contact lists of new users without their knowledge or consent.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019
