insert
verb (used with object)
to put or place in.
had been inserting
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past perfect progressiveof insert.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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Mr. McPherson had been inserting the lenses into glasses that he bought at stores, then selling them through Bay Glass Research, his company at the time.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
