had been playing
- past perfect progressive of play.
Example Sentences
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Despite these changes, they could not reliably tell whether infrasound had been playing.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
Lee Westwood had been playing with Tiger and he missed a 15-footer that would have got him in the play-off too.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
And in the middle, 7-foot-5 center Gabe Dynes had been playing a mere seven minutes a night just a few games prior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
What the Seahawks did in shutting down the Niners in that game was especially impressive considering how well San Francisco’s offense had been playing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
His eyes had been playing tricks on him, too.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
