thank
verb (used with object)
to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to.
had been thanking
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past perfect progressiveof thank.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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And he had been thanking heaven that there was no blur on the mirror of their happiness.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
Our forefathers had been thanking the wrong persons for Christmas.
From Sermons on National Subjects by Charles Kingsley
Felicia had been thanking fortune that she'd remembered to stop at the Asquam Market and lay in a few provisions.
From The Happy Venture by Edith Ballinger Price
Only this morning he had been thanking his lucky stars that he was well rid of women of the world for a month at least.
From Madcap by George Gibbs
Why, all the time she had been thanking God for having allowed her to undertake the difficult task for her father on that particular evening.
From We Two, a novel by Edna Lyall
