correspond
verb (used without object)
to be in agreement or conformity (often followed by with or to).
had been corresponding
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past perfect progressiveof correspond.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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Up until then he had been corresponding with his mother through letters written in his much-improved English - only his mother didn't understand them as she couldn't read or write the language.
From BBC ● May 29, 2021
A white ally of the Kellys on the Fair Housing Council, schoolteacher Harriet Glickman, had been corresponding with cartoonist Charles Schulz, urging him to add a Black character to his comic strip.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2021
Juanita Broaddrick had been corresponding with Lisa Myers for about a year when she finally agreed to sit for an interview.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2018
Murdoch does not appear to have realized just how close her fan in Atlanta had been to O’Connor—even though, by then, she and this fan had been corresponding for a decade or more.
From The New Yorker ● May 10, 2016
Godwin, with whom Shelley had been corresponding for some time, now became alarmed at his disciple’s reckless daring.
From The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd
