convoy
verb (used with object)
to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
had been convoying
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past perfect progressiveof convoy.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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In a few minutes the fine old ship with a loud explosion blew up, and the merchantmen she had been convoying sailed on their way.
From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles
She had been convoying a fleet of merchant ships coming from Sweden when a British submarine cut short her days.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan
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