unfasten
verb (used with object)
to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
had been unfastening
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past perfect progressiveof unfasten.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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While she spoke the priest had been unfastening Paul's collar and was trying to find the wound.
From Round Anvil Rock A Romance by Nancy Huston Banks
Meantime Giorgio, with tranquil movements, had been unfastening the door; the flood of light fell on Signora Teresa, with her two girls gathered to her side, a picturesque woman in a pose of maternal exaltation.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad
