confer
verb (used without object)
to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
had been conferring
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past perfect progressiveof confer.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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Then Braid, who had been conferring with lawyers, stepped into the waiting room.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 24, 2022
Hutchinson, who had been conferring via an interpreter with the K.K.A. ground force and couldn’t see the target himself, then gave the AC-130 an “updated description of the compound of interest.”
From New York Times β May 17, 2016
Peter DeBoer, in his first year as the Devils’ coach, said Sunday that he had been conferring with his predecessor, Jacques Lemaire, since training camp.
From New York Times β Jun. 4, 2012
Henry Kissinger took time last week to inspect the temples at Philae near Aswan, where he had been conferring with President Anwar Sadat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Complete silence greeted the arrival of the two who had been conferring so mysteriously near by.
From The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers by Herbert Carter
