cohabit
verb (used without object)
to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
had been cohabiting
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past perfect progressiveof cohabit.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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The dislike was almost palpable, however, between the two men who had been cohabiting, in French parlance, as government leaders for the past two years.
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