involve
verb (used with object)
had been involving
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past perfect progressiveof involve.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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To keep the ship going he had been involving himself deeper every year.
From The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad
