had been imagining
- past perfect progressive of imagine.
Example Sentences
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It’s been a “long time coming, a moment I had been imagining so intensely for so long. Surpasses everything I had imagined.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
On a recent evening, Jisel Cabrera and 14 of her closest friends practiced for the party she said she had been imagining her whole life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2019
“I had been imagining opening up a museum in an unexpected location,” Mr. Kalman said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2019
Michael Kim had been imagining what a breakthrough win on the PGA Tour would look like for a while now.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 15, 2018
As it turned out, my family hadn’t necessarily been having the excellent week I had been imagining so resentfully.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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