stiffen
verb (used with object)
to make stiff.
had been stiffening
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past perfect progressiveof stiffen.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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A northeasterly wind had been stiffening the mud of the morning's thaw into a rigid record of that day's wayfaring on the Baskingridge road.
From Thankful Blossom by Bret Harte
