had been displaying
- past perfect progressive of display.
Example Sentences
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He said his parents also told him their child had been unwell the night before he was brought to hospital and had been displaying abnormal movements including shaking and stiffening of his limbs.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
The high command wanted to get rid of Blagoje Neskovic, a Politburocrat and a Vice Premier, because he had been displaying pro-Cominform sympathies; the delegates sacked Neskovic.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been displaying the wonders to Sophia, and he could not escape the cicerone's secret feeling: that he himself was somehow responsible for the wonders.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold
Slosson, in a long, coarse disquisition upon ranching, had been displaying his most perfect ignorance and conceit.
From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell
While, as if for climax, the Customs' authorities had been displaying a most suspicious interest in him and his ship.
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
