meet
verb (used with object)
to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter.
had been meeting
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past perfect progressiveof meet.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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Albus had been meeting with Olsen since around the time the White House lawyer was hired, ProPublica has reported.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
On 3 March Barreto had been meeting her friend Liliane Silva, with whom she had been staying while working on a research project at the University of Essex in Colchester.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
According to the motion, Kelly got a call from a prison official in North Carolina, who warned him that the government knew his attorneys had been meeting with the cellmate who provided the declaration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
With the permission of the Muscogee Nation Tribal Council, Bacone’s founders used a treaty right to establish the college at the confluence of three rivers, where tribal nations had been meeting for generations.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
“I didn’t see her at all. We waited and waited, but she never arrived. We had to leave. That afternoon she had been meeting with some Polish families.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
