object
noun
anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
had been objecting
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past perfect progressiveof object.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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Sir Christopher said he supported the ban but had been objecting to parliamentary procedure.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
And many had been objecting for a long time to what seemed the complacency, at best, of Wilentz, Wood, and others regarding the history of slavery and racism in America.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2021
A shrewd old Fife hearer of sermons had been objecting, in the usual exaggerated language, against reading sermons in the pulpit.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
