overshadow
verb (used with object)
to be more important or significant by comparison.
had been overshadowing
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past perfect progressiveof overshadow.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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By the early 1980s, the cross-channel airlines which had been overshadowing rail travel between Britain and Europe for 60 years had removed the security objection.
From Newsweek
