converse
verb (used without object)
to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
had been conversing
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past perfect progressiveof converse.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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If we had been conversing via phone, I would have known the cues that indicated whether and when she wanted/needed to wind the conversation down.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2022
With our dishes piled high, we returned to the same spots where we had been conversing about airplanes only moments earlier.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021
The email records request was not content related, the DOJ said, but gleaned the identity of who the reporter had been conversing with during that period.
From Slate ● May 21, 2021
Police had asked the actor to hand over his phone because he had been conversing with his manager when the incident happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2019
It was as if my ether body had been conversing with angels, somewhere up near the ceiling.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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