had been hearing
- past perfect progressive of hear.
Example Sentences
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What he didn’t realize was that millions of people around the world had been hearing all about him.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
Pulte, President Trump’s outspoken head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, had been hearing from lenders and others about the rising costs of credit-scoring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
The high court had been hearing a petition filed by Dror Shlomo Goldstein, an Israeli businessman living in Goa, who said he was the father of the two minor girls.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
For years I had been hearing about the island of Pantelleria, the craggy, hard-to-get-to Eden with middle-of-nowhere tranquillity that sits 89 miles southwest of the island of Sicily and about 50 miles east of Tunisia.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
They had been hearing tales from men who had sailed under him.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
