leak
noun
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes.
had been leaking
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past perfect progressiveof leak.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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One utility staffer said in 2020 that the plant’s compressor units had been leaking gas “for the last couple years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Rooney said she suspected Rebekah Vardy had been leaking private information about her due to her existing relationship with the Sun.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
The executive said that from 300-330 liters per second of water that had been leaking into the mine initially, the level has dropped to 10-30 liters per second due to sealing work.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2022
The public sparring between the two women began in October 2019 after Ms. Rooney disclosed online that a follower on her private Instagram account had been leaking information to a tabloid newspaper.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
Suppose that all this time, little by little, Dust had been leaking out of the wounds the subtle knife had made in nature...
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
