override
verb (used with object)
to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule.
had been overriding
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past perfect progressiveof override.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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The burden of keeping this question had been overriding Hiram's bashfulness since she had spoken it.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Arthur Preston Hankins
