excel
verb (used without object)
to surpass others or be superior in some respect or area; do extremely well.
had been excelling
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past perfect progressiveof excel.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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Early in the second half against Leicester, Naby Keïta was forced off with a thigh injury and James Milner, who had been excelling at right-back, was moved into midfield.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2020
I inquired as to how the arch-humourist had been excelling himself lately.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various
