interest
noun
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something.
had been interesting
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past perfect progressiveof interest.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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Simon Griffiths has been running the Outdoor Swimmer Magazine for the past decade and said it had been interesting to see how the sport has changed in that time.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023
Hillary said that it had been interesting but draining.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019
Plenty of subjects had been interesting in school, but it was literature that had captured not just my mind but also my emotions.
From MSNBC ● Apr. 15, 2019
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show’s author, composer and star, said in an interview that it had been interesting to perform in front of the Clintons and the Cheneys.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2015
“The enterprise had been interesting, but not that interesting; and besides, it was a good deal of trouble. You don’t know how many times you almost stumbled on us.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
