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had been gentling

  • past perfect progressive of gentle.

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Already, north of the Sierra the country had been gentling.

From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean

Dandy Jack had been training horses, and Old Colonial had been gentling bullocks; so we had a choice of draggers for the plough.

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle