uncork
verb (used with object)
to draw the cork from.
had been uncorking
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past perfect progressiveof uncork.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 while Mr Brathwaite had been uncorking a small bottle.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
