had been confronting
- past perfect progressive of confront.
Example Sentences
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For his final paper for the class, Pritchett wrote about how intensely surreal the semester had been, confronting a past self he had been trying to bury for years.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
Even before Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans had been confronting a kind of disaster narrative as its government, some $74 billion in debt, declared a form of bankruptcy in May.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2017
During all the morning—and of the night, too—the skirmishers of the enemy had been confronting those of the Eleventh, First and Twelfth Corps.
From The Battle of Gettysburg by Haskell, Frank Aretas
And, finally, two principles had been confronting one another in the internal life of all the European states: the feudal and the monarchical principles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
As was to be expected, the Germans soon began to suspect that they were faced by different troops from the ones who had been confronting them.
From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd
