intervene
verb (used without object)
to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
had been intervening
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past perfect progressiveof intervene.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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By then, markets were rife with speculation Tokyo had been intervening including on Oct.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2022
"All?" gasped Zoie weakly, and she wondered what curious fate had been intervening to assist Alfred in such a prodigious undertaking.
From Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo
Philip's sense of the situation was too complete for him not to be visited with glancing fears lest he had been intervening too presumptuously in the action of Maggie's conscience, perhaps for a selfish end.
From The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
