join
verb (used with object)
to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together.
had been joining
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past perfect progressiveof join.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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With a player shortage, Rooney had been joining in training sessions.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Moran had been joining Mehretu at the church for large chunks of her months at work, composing music inspired by what she was painting.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2017
This morning we received intelligence of Dost Mahomed's flight towards Bamian; for several days past many of his former adherents had been joining the King.
From Campaign of the Indus by Holdsworth, T.W.E.
Through this and all the preceding day men half famished, without arms and bewildered with terror, had been joining Dunbar; his camp was in the utmost confusion, and his soldiers were deserting without ceremony.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John
