had been massing
- past perfect progressive of mass.
Example Sentences
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Russian troops, tanks and missile launchers had been massing in Belgorod, a Russian city just 90 minutes from the Ukrainian city’s center.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
For weeks Tudjman's generals had been massing troops around Krajina, threatening to retake the breakaway province unless the Serbs agreed to rejoin Croatia.
From Time Magazine Archive
For weeks, he had been massing white-painted tanks, artillery, ski troops, cavalry, aircraft.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Tuesday, August 18, the German troops surged down upon Tirlemont, a town twenty miles southeast of Louvain, around which they had been massing for some days, presumably by rail and motor cars.
From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert
We were not so far away from Orange River, where thousands of troops had been massing for weeks.
From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.
