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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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
Americans had been opening up to the idea of the robotaxi, but the pandemic is making passengers think about the last person to ride in any ride-share vehicle, driver or no.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2020
The trouble started in September 2016, when the consumer bureau revealed that the bank had been opening accounts and new credit cards in its customers’ names without telling them.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
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 and showing his stones at Newton's a long time before the night when Jun had been induced to divide spoils.
From The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard
