had been cheating
- past perfect progressive of cheat.
Example Sentences
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Flowers wrote the lyrics when he was about 20, after discovering his girlfriend had been cheating on him.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
That followed the discovery due to a whistleblower that Daihatsu Motor Corp. had been cheating on its testing for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
According to People, Madix discovered Sandoval had been cheating on her with Leviss after finding a recording of a FaceTime call and “inappropriate” messages between them on Sandoval’s phone last Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
De La Cruz testified that she suspected Hernandez had been cheating on her with his ex-wife, both during and before their current marriage.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
Of course, it had been cheating when I’d done it too, but I preferred not to dwell on that fact.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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