had been finding
- past perfect progressive of find.
Example Sentences
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In a statement, she explained that since 2022 she had been finding some tasks such as navigation difficult, and had experienced anxiety.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2025
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
Other epidemiologists, such as Sherman James, had been finding similar patterns with different groups of African Americans, from farmers in North Carolina to teenagers in California.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2020
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
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
