had been persecuting
- past perfect progressive of persecute.
Example Sentences
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He was killed in a duel with Baron George Hekkeren-Dantes, who had been persecuting his wife with unwelcome attentions, in January, 1837.
From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
You had been persecuting me ever since Sir Florian's death about the diamonds, and I didn't know what I was to do.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony
If it should turn out so! if it should become apparent that he, for private prejudices of his own, had been persecuting his brother!
From The Perpetual Curate by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
The scoundrel; he had been persecuting her with his addresses.
From Blind Policy by Fenn, George Manville
The knowledge that, in Smike, he had been persecuting his own son was the crowning blow for cruel Ralph Nickleby.
From Tales from Dickens by Rives, Hallie Erminie
