mingle
verb (used without object)
to become mixed, blended, or united.
had been mingling
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past perfect progressiveof mingle.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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Morales-Meyer said some people may have shied from admitting that they had been mingling with other people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
It was the third day of training camp, and he had been mingling with fans but not signing autographs.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2019
At Finnegan’s, the two had been mingling and dancing with others for more than 90 minutes when the lights went on and the music fell silent.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2010
This extensive prospect fell to a foreground of people, such as Mr. Waples had been mingling with, and these were clamoring and supplicating for water faster than a hundred dippers there could pass it up.
From Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend
He had been mingling intimately with the chief men of the State; he knew what kind of comment they had for others.
From The Ramrodders A Novel by Holman Day
