spoon
noun
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
had been spooning
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past perfect progressiveof spoon.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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They had been hidden in haste by persons who had been spooning syrup, who had heard somebody else coming.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Billy Pilgrim had a boiling case of heartburn, since he had been spooning malt syrup all day long at work.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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