conquer
verb (used with object)
to acquire by force of arms; win in war.
had been conquering
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past perfect progressiveof conquer.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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With disgust I realized that while I had been conquering new realms I had not paid sufficient attention to the doings under my own roof.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2012
Whilst Alvar Nuñez and Irala, with Nuflo de Chaves and the other captains, had been conquering and building towns, the Jesuits had been preaching in the wilderness and gathering together the Indian tribes.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham
