feud
noun
a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
had been feuding
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past perfect progressiveof feud.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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The unit was vacant but it neighbored several bungalows that were being rented by tenants that Aslanian had been feuding with for months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
Hodgetts and Moriarty had been feuding for years.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022
Investigators say that after Brandon Allen and Cathirell had been feuding for months, a household meeting was called the night of March 14, 2017.
From Fox News ● Sep. 7, 2021
Anderson apparently lost the fight and he and Long had been feuding ever since, documents said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
Flittman and the horse had been feuding for five years and Evy hoped that one of them would get the decision soon.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
