interrupt
verb (used with object)
to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
had been interrupting
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past perfect progressiveof interrupt.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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He was suddenly conscious that he had been interrupting an E conversation, not once but several times.
From Eight Keys to Eden by Mark Clifton
