had been besetting
- past perfect progressive of beset.
Example Sentences
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He was glad to have the matter settled for him, and to be saved from the temptation that had been besetting him these ten days past.
From Half a Hero A Novel by Hope, Anthony
I was confident Mrs. Dennison had been besetting him again, for he was pale and looked fiercely excited.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
