had been demonstrating
- past perfect progressive of demonstrate.
Example Sentences
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Tens of thousands of young people had been demonstrating in Delhi, demanding Pradhan resign after exam paper leaks and testing irregularities.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Iranians had been demonstrating for over a week, but Aminian knew that day was going to be different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Taylor had been demonstrating and rallying in support of Black Lives Matter nearly every day since the protests began.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Jerome Foster, a seventeen-year-old senior at a charter school in Washington, D.C., had been demonstrating every Friday, with other students, and getting little attention for his trouble.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2019
The backdrop was a prisonwide feeling of rebelliousness: inmates in A-block had been demonstrating during the preceding weeks over prison mismanagement.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
