impede
verb (used with object)
had been impeding
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past perfect progressiveof impede.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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That approval came over a chorus of protests, including some lodged by police and fire officials who asserted the driverless vehicles had been impeding traffic in emergencies during a testing phase.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Pedestrians had been "impeding traffic and causing too many accidents and deaths", one traffic police official said.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2014
