vend
verb (used with object)
to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling.
had been vending
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past perfect progressiveof vend.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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“Chocklits!” he groaned on the lower G, as though he had been vending poison for immediate use.
From A Word to Women by Mrs. C. E. Humphry
