had been thickening
- past perfect progressive of thicken.
Example Sentences
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All afternoon the seas had been thickening, and now, as they came out on deck, the water was running high and rough.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Ever since the fall of evening, whose clear gloaming had seemed to promise a fair night of moonlight, the skies had been thickening slowly over Paris.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
It had been thickening, fold on fold, a long while now; and now, he thought sternly, the rending must be done, and should be done with his own hands.
From Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War by Fox, John
While Congress had been deliberating on the adoption of the army and the nomination of a commander-in-chief, events had been thickening and drawing to a crisis in the excited region about Boston.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
While Congress had been deliberating on the adoption of the army, and the nomination of a commander-in-chief, events had been thickening and drawing to a crisis in the excited region about Boston.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Irving, Washington
