wire
noun
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
had been wiring
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past perfect progressiveof wire.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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Investigators determined she did have information on her husband’s whereabouts and had been wiring him money while he was abroad.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2016
Investigators determined she did have information on her husband's whereabouts and had been wiring him money while he was abroad.
From US News ● Mar. 3, 2016
He had nothing to send—she was sure he had been wiring all over—and yet his business was evidently huge.
From In the Cage by Henry James
