station
noun
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
had been stationing
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past perfect progressiveof station.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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Norris, acting on Radcliffe’s suggestion, had been stationing the men at intervals to back-fire as far down the ridge as they could stand the heat.
From Unexplored! by Allen Chaffee
