had been needing
- past perfect progressive of need.
Example Sentences
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As tears fell from my chin, I wondered how long they had been needing to come out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Bottura decided that it gave the dessert exactly what it had been needing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2016
She had been needing more from me recently — not a confidant, exactly, but an enabler.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2015
Feverishly, Mantle had been needing a 535th home run to outwrest Jimmy Foxx for the third rung on the ladder of saints.
From Time Magazine Archive
Francie got new shoes which she had been needing for a long time anyhow.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
