excite
verb (used with object)
to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of.
had been exciting
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past perfect progressiveof excite.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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But she said the location crew had been "very good" and it had been "exciting times for the village".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Don Kang, Netflix’s vice president of content for Korea, said it had been exciting to see the show take off globally.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2023
“I’d been resisting writing a horror film for a long time, mostly because it just wasn’t the genre that had been exciting me,” he confesses.
From The Verge ● Jun. 7, 2018
Investigating Stapel had been exciting, and he had no interest in returning to his old work.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2017
At first it had been exciting, like being famous.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
