detach
verb (used with object)
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
had been detaching
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past perfect progressiveof detach.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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Of late, however, Vane had been detaching himself from the group of more intense Parliamentarians and seeing prospects for his ideas from conjunction, rather with the Army-men.
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David
Then she leaned back again and fussed around in her bag, ostentatiously bringing out a clean handkerchief, though she really had been detaching the pages which contained the notes from her loose-leaf note-book.
From The Enchanted Barn by Hill, Grace Livingston
