had been adjourning

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of adjourn.
  adjourn

  verb (used with object)

  to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely.

Related Words

• defer
• delay
• discontinue
• postpone
• put off
• recess
• shelve
• suspend