contest
noun
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
had been contesting
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past perfect progressiveof contest.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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Her enforced absence was especially puzzling as one year earlier, she had been contesting the Olympic football competition, which is overseen by world governing body Fifa - and dazzling too.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2023
Culcué had been contesting investment by international conglomerates and also negotiating the rural reforms to which the peace deal is committed.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016
Baghdadi named Abu Musab al-Barnawi leader of Boko Haram in early August; Shekau had been contesting that appointment, however.
From US News ● Aug. 23, 2016
After all, the South Americans had been contesting versions of the Copa América since 1913.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2012
He soon saw his error, like Messrs. Rhodes and Way, and when he stroked Leander in 1875 no one could have recognised him as the same man who had been contesting the Diamonds in 1872.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
