team
noun
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest.
had been teaming
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past perfect progressiveof team.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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Wyche and Quadir Welton, who had been teaming for 23.4 points per game, combined for 11 points on 4-of-18 shooting.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2017
Designer Bill Lap-worth, 46, who had been teaming with Builder Jack Jensen, 40, for five years on smaller fiber-glass models, didn't even consider the matter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Down along the creekbeds back of Hemlock Mountain young Jimmy Litchfield, a son of old Uncle Jimmy, had been teaming with a well-boring outfit and his wagon had bogged down in deep mud.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
He had been teaming in the nearby woods, and the blacksnake whip was in his hands.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
