find
verb (used with object)
to come upon by chance; meet with.
had been finding
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past perfect progressiveof find.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 hosts had been finding it difficult to make in-roads despite having a man advantage, with many of their efforts from long range comfortable for Jordan Pickford to deal with.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
Emsisoft had been finding BlackMatter victims through posts to a Google-owned platform, VirusTotal, which is a kind of search engine for malware.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
James Tomsheck, the CBP’s former head of internal affairs, called the idea of waivers “preposterous” in light of what the polygraph tests had been finding.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2018
A complication had been finding 43 lawmakers to sign a petition demanding a change of leader.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
Why hadn’t she remembered that ever since he was eight years old Nat had been finding his way to Blackbird Pond through devious meadow routes?
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
