open
adjective
not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate.
had been opening
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past perfect progressiveof open.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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Officials in Lee County, which includes Fort Myers and Cape Coral, had been opening up low dams to drain waterways ahead of the storm.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
Mr Sharp said the shop had been opening on Sundays on a trial basis since February and added it was possible someone thought it would be closed.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2022
An investigation by The Los Angeles Times in 2013 found that employees had been opening up multiple accounts for customers in order to make their sales goals.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2017
Prior to that, studios like Sony and 20th Century Fox had been opening up their back catalogs of movies for archival soundtrack releases, but Paramount wasn’t quite on board yet.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2016
He had been opening the evening's mail, and laid the last letter on the table, taking off his glasses in his slow, deliberate way.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
