attend
verb (used with object)
to be present at.
had been attending
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past perfect progressiveof attend.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 cancellation and sale of her home come after she admitted to Us Weekly that she and Sabara had been attending marriage counseling while she was working on her upcoming album.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
Rather than shun the growing underground of youthful hackers, he had been attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club, where young Altair and Commodore users met to trade their tiny software programs and swap lore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
During the trial the jury were told 150 people had been attending a community event in St Pauls on 21 July.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
He said afterwards, external he had been attending a clinic for a number of years to deal with mental health issues.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
One day when she had been attending Sacred Heart about a month, she was followed by a car on her mile walk home from the bus stop.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
