had been forwarding

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of forward.
  forward

  adverb

  toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead.

Example Sentences

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had been forwarding

The next day, I happened to talk to a Chinese friend, who had been forwarding sympathetic posts about the protests only a few days before.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2019

Incoming messages had been forwarding to an unfamiliar e-mail address, one presumably typed in by intruders who had gained access to my account.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2010

Related Words

• address
• deliver
• dispatch
• express
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