associate
verb (used with object)
to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc..
had been associating
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past perfect progressiveof associate.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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As a result members of the public who had been associating themselves with the parade became more volatile towards the congregation.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2019
In early January 1963, the N.F.L. commissioner, Pete Rozelle, confirmed on the record that the league was investigating suspicions that some of its players had been associating with known gamblers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2012
But Judy was learning unselfishness since she had been associating with Molly and Nance.
From Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Nell Speed
He felt that he had been associating, 201 for the first time in his life, with his own kind.
From The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
And she had recognised him from that time when Davidson, who had been pearling himself in his youth, had been associating with Harry the Pearler and others, the quietest of a rather rowdy set.
From Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad
