dog
noun
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
had been dogging
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past perfect progressiveof dog.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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Her family says that suspicions had been dogging her for years, arising from jealousy of her prosperity.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
The lung problem, pulmonary emboli, had been dogging him for 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
And I realized these two men were avatars through which I could get at these questions that had been dogging me.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2018
“I’ve never done this level of political activism before,” said Ms. Eiterich, who had been dogging Mr. Moran for months.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2017
A third man, who obviously had been dogging Armand's footsteps, came up and joined them after a while.
From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
