endanger
verb (used with object)
to expose to danger; imperil.
had been endangering
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past perfect progressiveof endanger.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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Like several others, however, he said the enthusiastic crowds had been endangering the riders.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2014
This return to drollery, in keeping with the prescribed order of their relations, made her look up in candid amusement over the barrier which for a moment he had been endangering.
From Over the Pass by Frederick Palmer
