charge
verb (used with object)
to impose or ask as a price or fee.
had been charging
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past perfect progressiveof charge.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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Europe had been charging ahead on renewables: Wind and solar now account for 34% of the continent’s power generation, compared with 20% in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The ATF said it found no evidence to support that the fire started where a tangled web of lithium batteries had been charging, although it noted that such batteries can ignite when they malfunction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
The complaints quote an Energizer sales representative telling the chief executive of Walmart rival Portable Power Inc, which had been charging lower prices, on an early 2021 phone call why Energizer was cutting it off.
From Reuters ● Apr. 29, 2023
While attempting to mollify the intruder, Paul Pelosi managed to call 911 on a phone that had been charging in the bathroom adjacent to his bedroom.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2022
The battery had been charging all day but Derek was probably messing with the camera even though Moms told him to keep his hands off it.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
