confront
verb (used with object)
to face in hostility or defiance; oppose.
had been confronting
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past perfect progressiveof confront.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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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
He had been confronting a novel and unaccountable thing.
From The Rangeland Avenger by Max Brand
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 Floyd Gibbons
He had been confronting the girl for some time before she became aware of his presence.
From Victory An Island Tale by Joseph Conrad
