trumpet
had been trumpeting
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past perfect progressiveof trumpet.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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The company later dropped plans to build a new midsize aircraft that it had been trumpeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
For four years, Pérez had been trumpeting the idea that Real Madrid would sign Kylian Mbappé, doing everything he could to court the French striker, a boyhood Real fan.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
NBC had been trumpeting SNL40 for weeks, and the A-list roster of participants made for high expectations: Alec Baldwin, Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, John Goodman, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld among them.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 16, 2015
Yet some of these companies had been trumpeting their exemplary environmental principles to the public.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had been trumpeting loudly and showing signs of impatience and anger.
From The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
