overlook
verb (used with object)
to fail to notice, perceive, or consider.
had been overlooking
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past perfect progressiveof overlook.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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There was some peace, some essential element that I had been overlooking, and that walk showed me, it was my five senses.
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
He had been overlooking the public—how the town would gossip and insinuate.
From The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
"There be others," replied she; but the appearance of the dame, who had been overlooking the operations of her helpmate, interrupted the communication.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
Mr. L. had been overlooking the writing, forgetful of courtesy in his curiosity.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin
Ah—THERE was a point which he had been overlooking from the start: it had to be a service which he had rendered "possibly without knowing the full value of it."
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain
