sweat
verb (used without object)
to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
had been sweating
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past perfect progressiveof sweat.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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The friend, running-club leader Steve Marek, said Ms. Ruiz told him she covered herself with water to make it look like she had been sweating.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2019
Aside from the noxious combination of the Drafthouse's pizza and beer-infused seat cushions, and 100 people who had been sweating buckets in Texas all day, it was easy to see what he meant.
From The Verge ● Mar. 17, 2016
Aside from the noxious combination of the Drafthouse's pizza, beer, infused seat cushions, and 100 people who had been sweating buckets in Texas all day, it was easy to see what he meant.
From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2016
Instead, the stewards opted to exercise their discretion, explaining afterwards that "the day was exceptionally hot and the rider … had been sweating excessively".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2012
The soles of his feet ached pleasantly It was not very cold; he had been sweating in Nicholas’s wool coat, which now hung on the back of his chair.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
