convalesce
verb (used without object)
to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
had been convalescing
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past perfect progressiveof convalesce.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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Capello had been convalescing from knee surgery in his Swiss holiday home when the story broke, and it wasn’t for another six days – the following Thursday – that he returned to England.
From The Guardian ● May 3, 2020
Old Benson, the watchmaker, who had been convalescing from illness when Brown came away, had suffered a relapse and had probably but few hours to live.
From The Brown Study by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
His young wife, suffering from nervous shock after the deaths of Togrul Khan and of the Baroulass girl, Aoula, had been convalescing in a private sanitarium in Westchester.
From The Slayer Of souls by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
