confine
verb (used with object)
to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict.
had been confining
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past perfect progressiveof confine.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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Realizing the hopelessness of the situation we had been confining ourselves so strictly to quail that my brother had begun to be a little sceptical of our wildfowl tales.
From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward
