enact
verb (used with object)
to make into an act or statute.
had been enacting
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past perfect progressiveof enact.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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Merrell had been enacting dreams for several years before he realized it might be a sign of a bigger problem.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 24, 2023
"China had been enacting policies as if COVID-19 could be eliminated or eradicated," Gandhi said.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2023
Some essential performance he had been enacting for his whole life was melting away.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
Their names were Julie Harris and Christopher Plummer, and they had been enacting the last moments of a play called “A Doll’s House.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2020
Under fire he was just as cool and collected as if he had been enacting the part of Bailie Nicol Jarvie in Rob Roy.
From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by Forbes-Mitchell, William
