- past perfect progressive of tack.
Example Sentences
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They had been tacking a 1.25-percentage-point premium onto whatever rate they had to pay to borrow funds to relend in Eastern Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Men-of-war from England, France, Russia and the U. S. had been tacking along that beautiful coast for years, itching to hoist�and occasionally hoisting�their flags in nominally Mexican territory.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had been tacking all the time, back and forth, much to Hilda's amazement, who could not understand how that crab-like motion would ever bring them home.
From Cricket at the Seashore by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt
We had been tacking about all the afternoon, first south, then north, not with any particular purpose, but aimlessly.
From Dead Men's Money by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
If we had been tacking or beating or something like that you’d never had hung so quietly as you did.”
From The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave by Kay, Ross
