had been bombarding
- past perfect progressive of bombard.
Example Sentences
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The antenna had been bombarding Voyager 2's area with the correct command, in the hope of somehow making contact, Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the Voyager missions, said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2023
Fleet had been bombarding Tokyo the result might have been different.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For weeks Sidney James's Pacific Coast staff had been bombarding us with copy on the coast's present situation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Public Sentiment Corps had been bombarding the newspapers with letters asking for the official menu, but the commission refused to be hurried by popular clamor, and said so to the reporters.
From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin
Such noises had been bombarding the ears of the panic-stricken people since the earthquake of forty-eight hours before.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard