injure
verb (used with object)
to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair.
had been injuring
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past perfect progressiveof injure.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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No wonder he looked as if she had been injuring him; yet, unjust as it was, she had only her own mal-adroitness to blame.
From The Two Guardians or, Home in This World by Charlotte Mary Yonge
He had to assume to this gentleman whom he had been injuring a cordial friendly manner,—and thus to lie to him.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
