had been trimming
- past perfect progressive of trim.
Example Sentences
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The 88-year-old had been trimming shrubs on a mid-August morning before she slipped and fell into a nearby lagoon that was part of her community for residents ages 55 and up, the Island Packet reported.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
No eyewitnesses were found, and Humphrey could not say what type of tree the man had been trimming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
"Good-night, Tom; I do hope it will be fine for to-morrow," the black-haired girl was saying at her door, holding in her hand the new hat she had been trimming.
From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George
In the midst of it a man who had been trimming the opposite hedge appeared and stared at me.
From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The settings were desperately twisted, and he knew that the force capable of doing this could have only been supplied by the gigantic log that had been trimming at the moment.
From The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley by Cullum, Ridgwell
