backslide
verb (used without object)
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
had been backsliding
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past perfect progressiveof backslide.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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According to the statement of the subjects themselves, there had been backsliding of some sort in nearly all the cases, 93 per cent. of the women, 77 per cent. of the men.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
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