assemble
verb (used with object)
to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
had been assembling
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past perfect progressiveof assemble.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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Jones listened to hundreds of songs to decide which nine should go on the album, and employed a dream team of musicians and songwriters that he had been assembling over the years.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
The 10-year-old Dutch bike maker, headquartered in Nunspeet, about 50 miles east of Amsterdam, had been assembling about 600 e-bikes a day prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
From The Verge ● Mar. 31, 2020
Mr. Geisenberger said that the governor and the casinos had been assembling training materials, updating and testing software, working on logo options and training casino employees and gaming enforcement staff.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2018
Prominent collector Marcia Weisman had been assembling a contemporary art collection there on a shoestring budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2015
Sir Charles Warren, had been assembling at Estcourt, marched out for Frere, where General Buller's headquarters had been established after the battle of Colenso.
From Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
