snack
noun
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
had been snacking
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past perfect progressiveof snack.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 Cretaceous croc that had been snacking on a dinosaur exemplifies the other growing uses of fundamental particles.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 29, 2022
Chen told Judge Ndidi Moses on Tuesday that he had no idea he had been snacking on anything but regular candy.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Then they did DNA analysis to figure out which species the cetaceans had been snacking on.
From Science Magazine ● May 1, 2013
