spatter
verb (used with object)
to scatter or dash in small particles or drops.
had been spattering
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past perfect progressiveof spatter.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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But on the table, by the window, I saw a beautiful new desk in place of the old clumsy thing I had been spattering and spoiling so many years.
From Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss
