Examples of 'had been wearing' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been wearing"

had been wearing: a past continuous tense indicating that someone was in the state of wearing something at a specific point in the past

How to use "had been wearing" in a sentence

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had been wearing
Probably because she had been wearing a cap.
If he had been wearing a top hat and a monocle.
She pawns a bracelet she had been wearing.
He had been wearing a disguise this whole time.
Certainly better than what he had been wearing.
The father had been wearing something similar.
Neither of the two motorcycle riders had been wearing a helmet.
He had been wearing it the whole night.
If only those dogs had been wearing helmets.
I had been wearing pyjamas that morning.
All could have been prevented if she had been wearing a helmet.
He had been wearing a combat medal to which he was not entitled.
He glanced down at the clothes he had been wearing all day.
We had been wearing the same clothes for so long.
He would still be with us if he had been wearing his seat belt.

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She had been wearing a removable denture.
It totally covered the dirty rags they had been wearing.
The plaintiff had been wearing a seatbelt.
I had been wearing them only because you liked them.
No one else in the room had been wearing one.
She had been wearing a sundress at the time.
One of the men who died had been wearing a lifejacket.
He had been wearing latex gloves but had no respiratory protection.
Tom would still be alive if he had been wearing his seat belt.
He had been wearing a protective boot up until about last week.
Nobody would understand why one kid had been wearing a dress.
If only he had been wearing a seatbelt.
The dog came up only with a blue bandanna he had been wearing.
And even if he had been wearing one that would not.
He was found dead inside a shed behind his house and had been wearing headphones.
He had been wearing a cup.
State police say the rider had been wearing his helmet.
This time he had been wearing an ear flap with his protective helmet.
The official admitted that those targeted had been wearing civilian clothes.
I knew that he had been wearing his underwear when he went to bed.
Clean your face and eyes of any cosmetics that you had been wearing.
A matinee jacket the child had been wearing was not found at the time.
He had been wearing welding goggles to protect his eyes from flying rock fragments.
They looked like they had been wearing the same clothing.
He suddenly pulls out of me and saw the two men had been wearing.
The master had been wearing his glasses up until the time of the capsizing.
Initial reports which had stated that he had been wearing body armor were incorrect.
She had been wearing earphones and so had not heard the approach of the bus.
I would not have saved you if you had been wearing shoes of other colors.
She exited the tub and decided to wash the clothing she had been wearing.
Resort managers said he had been wearing a helmet and was conscious when rescuers first responded.
There was no sign of the leather jacket he had been wearing last night.
The victim had been wearing it every other time I had seen them.
He still wore the same style of clothes he had been wearing for years.
Turns out Matty had been wearing a costume tonight and I did not even know.

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