hit
verb (used with object)
to deal a blow or stroke to.
had been hitting
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past perfect progressiveof hit.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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Until that point, he had been hitting his groundstrokes with his usual ferocity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Emhoff had been hitting all the stops around the city to campaign for his wife.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2024
In May, during a brief respite from the Russian rockets that had been hitting Kharkiv, Ukraine, Stanislav Drokin walked out of his jewelry atelier in his hometown’s city center to collect bomb fragments.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
Servais has pointed out often this spring that Kelenic had been hitting the ball hard but getting not results.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
Bunny, I knew, had been hitting him hard for money in the past weeks, but though Henry complained about this he seemed oddly incapable of refusing him.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
