convince
verb (used with object)
to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action.
had been convincing
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past perfect progressiveof convince.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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"I've been asking: 'Where is home?' I had been convincing myself that here was my home."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
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
The gesture and the gurgle had been convincing.
From Wild Wings A Romance of Youth by Margaret Rebecca Piper
