had been destroying
- past perfect progressive of destroy.
Example Sentences
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They were from the Yanomami tribe, and the miners had been destroying their land — and their tribe — for years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
Harry has previously said he stepped back from his royal duties because the "toxic" British press had been destroying his mental health.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2022
The agency had been destroying forfeited handguns under an ordinance passed in 1993.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2018
They weren’t acting out of pure evil, however, but as a way to eradicate the invasive species that had been destroying the lake’s ecosystem, the tui chub fish.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2016
That these had been destroying operations, and not those by which the mountains had been formed.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James
