accompany
verb (used with object)
to go along or in company with; join in action.
had been accompanying
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past perfect progressiveof accompany.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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An unidentified man who had been accompanying Kolek quickly stepped in, and then officers allowed him to pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Mr Nunan's dog, Thumbelina, had been accompanying him on the trip and was found alive and well on the boat, which had its anchor raised and its engine off.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
Ellenson said Taylor and the boy’s grandfather had been accompanying him at school starting in September 2022.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
His wife, Terri Rand, 66, had been accompanying him.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Monsieur Achille had been accompanying Madame la Marquise on her way along the corridors; he was carrying a candelabrum, wherein four wax candles spluttered and flickered in the incessant draught.
From Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
