extend
verb (used with object)
to stretch out; draw out to the full length.
had been extending
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past perfect progressiveof extend.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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It occurred to me that I had been extending that generosity to everyone but myself.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Most recently, the central bank had been extending credit for fuel imports at a rate of 3,900 pounds to the dollar, compared with a parallel market rate of more than 20,000 pounds.
From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2021
Most recently, the central bank had been extending credit for fuel imports at a rate of 3,900 pounds to the dollar, compared with a parallel market rate of more than 20,000 pounds on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2021
The pension fund for the culinary workers union in Las Vegas had been extending loans to Mr. Shenker with no restrictions since 1973.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2017
For many years the Arab slave-traders had been extending their raids in easterly and south-easterly directions, until they began to desolate the parts of the Congo State nearest to the great lakes and the Bahr-el-Ghazal.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by John Holland Rose
