had been inhering

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of inhere.
  inhere

  verb (used without object)

  to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent.

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