accelerate
verb (used with object)
to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in.
had been accelerating
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past perfect progressiveof accelerate.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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For months, the movement had been accelerating and expanding, damaging homes, cracking roadways and upending life across the Portuguese Bend area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
Prices for medical care services, which had been accelerating as patients started to come back for their normal procedures after the pandemic, dropped for the second month in a row.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
The upward trend had been accelerating since 2013.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2022
He had been accelerating after passing through the town of Highmore, but said he had not yet set his cruise control.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2021
Health officials anticipated the rise in deaths because the disease had been accelerating through populous Sun Belt states such as Texas, Florida and California for weeks.
From Washington Post
