manage
verb (used with object)
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship.
had been managing
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past perfect progressiveof manage.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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“I felt that I had been managing things pretty well, until the scam,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
He took over a team Freixe had been managing from Switzerland as head of Latin America, combining the regions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Frick had been managing Ford Blue’s sales and distribution functions; trucks, SUVs and enthusiast vehicles; and operations in Mexico and Canada.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Until then, Regragui had been managing Wydad AC in Casablanca.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
On the porch they found Countess Betty, Count Hamilcar's sister, who had been managing his household and bringing up his children ever since he became a widower.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
