abide
verb (used without object)
to remain; continue; stay.
had been abiding
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past perfect progressiveof abide.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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Allegedly speaking from the highway where the group were stopped, he said they had been "abiding by the peaceful laws of the United States' federal courts".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2021
The attorney, John Lavigne, noted that Sayles had been abiding parole conditions.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2017
When we journeyed to Beth-lehem, and had been abiding there for seventy days, another vision was vouchsafed me, like unto the former.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Henrietta Szold
The Spirit of God had been abiding in His holy infancy and growing youth, but now it came in larger measure for new needs and His Messiah's work.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
And there it reached the ear of a man with whom only despair and loss had been abiding, and who was fighting a losing battle with these dark companions.
From Treasure Valley by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
