consign
verb (used with object)
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto ).
had been consigning
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past perfect progressiveof consign.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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She mentioned that she had been consigning since she was in college.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 14, 2019
