cripple
had been crippling
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past perfect progressiveof cripple.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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Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association, said the impact of the new post-Brexit immigration regime and Covid had been "crippling".
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2022
He sent her a letter, when Miss Scovill was away, telling Helen that he had been crippling himself financially to keep her in school, and now he needed her at this ranch.
From Mystery Ranch by Arthur Chapman
