had been storming
- past perfect progressive of storm.
Example Sentences
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It had been storming for days, but as the brothers walked across the field, the rain scattered and only clouds remained.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2021
For nearly a week Jack Welles had been storming, to any one who would listen to him, about the "low-down" thief who nightly took his can of fishing worms.
From Rosemary by Lawrence, Josephine
"Really" said the Frenchman to an old woman who had been storming and fretting at Napoleon, "the Emperor, my master would feel himself infinitely grieved, if he knew how hard your lady-ship thought of him."
From A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen" by Elector, An
The remarkable article was directly at variance with all the manufactured ideas which had been storming in German brains for more than a year.
From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas
From the state of the brooks, now swollen into raging torrents, it was evident that the storm had been storming all day.
From The Princess and the Goblin by MacDonald, George
