exact
adjective
strictly accurate or correct.
had been exacting
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past perfect progressiveof exact.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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His next exploit was to fight and conquer the Minyans, who had been exacting a burdensome tribute from the Thebans.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Mrs. Webb had been exacting in the few things she taught, especially arithmetic.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas
If he had been exacting and ambitious, if his appetite had been large and his knowledge various, he would probably have found the bounds of Salem intolerably narrow.
From Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) by Henry James
She had been exacting in her demands upon his nature.
From Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange by John Oliver Hobbes
His day's work had been exacting, and he was doubly tired.
From 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands by H. Weston Taylor
