had been challenging
- past perfect progressive of challenge.
Example Sentences
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He told a virtual panel the following month that playing a role "so close" to him had been challenging but "cathartic".
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
He said the experience had been challenging but rewarding and he hoped to carry on learning the language.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
Marc Metrick, the former CEO of Saks Global, who stepped down earlier this month, told “Women’s Wear Daily” in November that it had been challenging to get more brands onto the storefront.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Frankel spoke by phone to Saks’s finance chief, who told him summer sales had been challenging but that payments would happen in the fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Sending Margaret away to school had been challenging, emotionally and financially.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
