arrest
verb (used with object)
to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody.
had been arresting
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past perfect progressiveof arrest.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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Sure, the shrub’s summer effusion of hundreds of florets clustered into each of the many giant flower heads had been arresting, a crowd-pleasing moment.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
They spent a few nail-biting days in Cancun arranging travel to Tijuana after getting a tip that the Mexican authorities had been arresting Russians in hotels.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
Brubaker said he told the president that ICE had been arresting essential workers in Pennsylvania agriculture.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2018
