had been convincing
- past perfect progressive of convince.
Example Sentences
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Ritchie said that in supporting about 150 bereaved families, the biggest challenge had been "convincing the coroner that gambling does need to be considered".
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
"Actually I had been convincing him not to go and work there," she recalled, but she said she was now happily working in the mine and planned to stay, even after the war.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2023
Stead was headed for the sea, not Oakland, but for 35 minutes beyond the time he should have been over Oakland he had been convincing himself that his course was deflected by a side wind.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the Volsky family to show, she could prove that she had been convincing, very convincing!
From The Island of Faith by Sangster, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth)
The Mother Superior looked at him quickly, as if not believing that he was in earnest, for she had been convincing herself that it was he who had carried off Ortensia, pretending to be Stradella.
From Stradella by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
