demand
verb (used with object)
to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right.
had been demanding
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past perfect progressiveof demand.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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Cipriani had been demanding $150 million for allegedly providing “sophisticated, high-value crisis communications services, entirely without compensation” to Shell over 18 months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The thought of the transplant alone had been demanding, Mette-Marit said, as she knew it will involve risks.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
Gay rights activists critical of the administration had been demanding an emergency declaration for weeks before the August announcement.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
Price did not identify the official who had been granted consular access to Griner, something the United States had been demanding.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
All along, the North Vietnamese had been demanding the removal from power of President Thieu’s government in South Vietnam.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
