had been inveigling

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of inveigle.
  inveigle

  verb (used with object)

  to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed byinto ).

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