generate
verb (used with object)
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
had been generating
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past perfect progressiveof generate.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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They were there to continue the dismantling of wind turbines that had been generating electricity for the last 28 years.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2024
But the families in Laukkaing balked at shutting down a business which had been generating billions of dollars a year for them.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Genealogists at Parabon had been generating leads by sifting through a database of DNA tests called GEDMatch, a free-to-use website that allows users to upload test results in the hope of finding long-lost relatives.
From Nature ● Sep. 8, 2020
It was on that show where he began a friendship with Bushnell, whose columns had been generating attention in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
Thus was helped on an event which the conduct of the mutually-attracted ones had been generating for some time.
From A Changed Man; and other tales by Thomas Hardy
