splash
verb (used with object)
to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter.
had been splashing
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past perfect progressiveof splash.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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Dr Ruja had been splashing out on designer-label goods - Jimmy Choo, Prada, and Calvin Klein - without regard for the expense.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2021
In the blink of an eye, the same publications that a few months earlier had been splashing glossy paeans to Thinx across their covers were now racing to air its dirty laundry.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2018
Few expected Montpellier to win the French Ligue 1 title last year, especially given the way Qatari-backed side Paris Saint-Germain had been splashing the cash.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2012
In the middle of Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, in the pit where the delegates sat, only a few days before ardent swimmers had been splashing.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had been splashing valiantly for some minutes when Miss Lacey, forsaking her point of lookout, crept gingerly, with fear for her grenadine, to the edge of the rocks.
From The Opened Shutters by Clara Louise Burnham
