navigate
verb (used with object)
to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft.
had been navigating
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past perfect progressiveof navigate.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 had been navigating the world for five months with less than half the auditory input I needed.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
She had been navigating his episodes for a decade.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2023
It also was a recognition that the FBI had been navigating a moment so fraught that the normally taciturn Wray felt compelled to address employees about the ramifications of the investigation.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Holding up his surfboard with one hand while peeling off his wet-suit boots with the other, Mr. O’Toole, 27, said Rockaway surfers had been navigating closures and other restrictions for years.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2022
Jules, meanwhile, who had been navigating in a sort of somnambulistic trance in the neighbourhood of the lift, now threw back the cage with a rattle.
From The Adventures of Sally by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
