email
noun
a system for sending messages to one or more recipients via telecommunications links between computers using dedicated software or a web-based service.
had been emailing
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past perfect progressiveof email.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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I thought of one 64-year-old woman named Johna, with whom I had been emailing.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
He had been emailing for days but Zhang mostly ignored him.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2021
One client, who has not yet paid a deposit, had been emailing Mr. Hall about a nonprofit organization’s gala in October for 300 people and recently went silent.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2021
Some said the company had been emailing passengers for weeks, telling them that if they were sick they would get a refund.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2020
They had been emailing every day but she hadn’t seen him in months.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
