tour
noun
a traveling around from place to place.
had been touring
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past perfect progressiveof tour.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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According to news reports, the people who first got sick had been touring Argentina and Chile for months beforehand.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
He said he had been touring the Gulf to pitch “hundreds of investors”—including sovereign-wealth funds—on his plan to accumulate ever more of the digital currency through myriad financial instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
The band had been touring outside Russia since 2022, including playing shows across Europe last year.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
The singer and “Smash” and “Scorpion” star, who had been touring Asia with her record-producer husband, did not specify what the tragedy was at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
It had been touring up and down the coast as a show-ship.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 35, July 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt
