stamp
verb (used with object)
to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
had been stamping
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past perfect progressiveof stamp.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 stamping and pawing, as if they had been there a goodish while and had time to get pretty sick of it.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
The boy, who had been stamping about with a vague sense of making some such discovery, hailed them with excited looks.
From The Border Boys Across the Frontier by John Henry Goldfrap
Three-quarters of an hour passed without any further sound being heard, and then Godfrey, who had been stamping his feet and swinging his arms to keep himself warm, heard a confused murmur.
From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Walter Paget
