had been embroiling

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of embroil.
  embroil

  verb (used with object)

  to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.

Related Words

• enmesh
• ensnare
• entangle
• implicate
• involve
• mire
• tangle