yarn
noun
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
had been yarning
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past perfect progressiveof yarn.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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Miss Mills—oh, yes, this must be the girl Livingstone had been yarning about.
From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield
Then, after he had been yarning away in that style for more than an hour, he quieted down, and I thought he was getting better.
From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harold Piffard
The other day I had been yarning under the bridge with one of the engineers, and he must have heard us.
From Typhoon by Joseph Conrad
However, we had been yarning for hours, and the station chaps were about turning-in, when we heard someone coming in a hurry.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
