arise
verb (used without object)
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise.
had been arising
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past perfect progressiveof arise.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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The vague half presentiment, half suspicion, which had been arising within me, had vanished.
From The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
All the time, however, a new perspective had been arising in man's interests and values.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
