speed
noun
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of sound.
had been speeding
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past perfect progressiveof speed.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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Soon after, officer Mark Johnson, who had been speeding to Camp Swamp Road, radioed to officers saying that Moss wanted to enter the crime scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
He said police "allegedly saw us towing a Formula 1 car which they claimed had been speeding along the motorway a few minutes earlier - of course we know absolutely nothing about this."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025
Authorities say the two were struck on their way to dinner around 9:50 p.m. by a Mercedes-Benz GT63 that had been speeding west on Sherman Way alongside a Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
The driver had been speeding when she crashed into a parked vehicle in the area, FOX 29 reported.
From Fox News ● Aug. 12, 2021
As soon as the carriage conveying Miss Merton to the station had safely driven off, Mrs. Colwood, who, in no conventional sense, had been speeding the parting guest, ran up-stairs again to Diana's room.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Mrs. Humphry Ward
