had been whinnying
- past perfect progressive of whinny.
Example Sentences
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Half an hour or so after Abe had gone, Harry's horse, which had been whinnying for his mate, bounded out of the stable and went galloping down the road, having slipped his halter.
From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott