had been mingling
- past perfect progressive of mingle.
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
She had been mingling with hundreds of boys and girls in high school.
From Her Father's Daughter by Stratton-Porter, Gene
Ever since we had crossed into Poland this sober, steel-gray stream had been mingling with and stiffening our lighter-hearted, more boyish, blue-gray stream of Austrians and Hungarians.
From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur
