infest
verb (used with object)
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do.
had been infesting
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past perfect progressiveof infest.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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One expert testified that the bed bugs had been infesting the mattress for at least three months before Moore discovered them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Navid had been infesting my personal space—at home, at school—with his many guy friends since forever, and, generally, I didn’t care for it.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Besides, some natives who had come in before we broke camp told us of a man-eater which had been infesting the district.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various
In the same year, in the case of 48 people killed by tigers in the Central Provinces, nearly all were the victims of one tigress which had been infesting the jungle for some years.
From India and the Indians by Edward Fenton Elwin
