incur
verb (used with object)
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious).
had been incurring
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past perfect progressiveof incur.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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Deng Deng had been left at the centre and had been incurring unpaid fees.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2021
Cases had been brought forward in which "corporations had been incurring debts year by year, while the members were actually dividing among themselves the proceeds of the loans they raised."
From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Yonge, Charles Duke
