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 ● Jun. 24, 2022
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 ● Jun. 4, 2012
He had been conferring with Denver’s athletic director, Peg Bradley-Doppes, about other candidates last summer, when she said to him, “What would it take to get you out here?”
From New York Times ● May 1, 2010
After learning that Sadighi had been conferring with the Shah, Sanjabi expelled him from the organization.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before the two men who had been conferring together in the Hotel de Poisson could muster courage to return, the steward had in a great measure recovered from the effects of the fall.
From Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World by Oliver Optic
