concern
verb (used with object)
to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect.
had been concerning
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past perfect progressiveof concern.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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A routine exam a week earlier had found a lump, and the results from her mammogram had been concerning enough that the doctor immediately picked up the phone and called her.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018
New York State's Republican Committee noted that her column had been "concerning itself more and more" with state and city politics, wondered aloud if she was going to run for Senator.
From Time Magazine Archive
How infinitely kind he had been concerning this latest adventure of hers, regardless of his own disapproval.
From The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire by Margaret Vandercook
Some of them had been concerning themselves on Paul's account also.
From The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard
My agent informed me shortly after my return home that you had been concerning yourself greatly, and, as he conceived, unnecessarily, about the matter.
From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward
