had been practicing
- past perfect progressive of practice.
Example Sentences
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"As soon as I stood on the stage, it was really scary but everything I had been practicing went exactly as I wanted it to."
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
“You didn’t just fill them; you owned those shoes,” said Hough, who asked if Irwin had been practicing for this moment for the last 10 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
Memmelaar, meanwhile, had been practicing with the second team at guard after appearing in four games last season.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
It is likely that agriculturalists in the region adopted barley and wheat cultivation techniques from the Near East, where people had been practicing agriculture for thousands of years by this point.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“I went ice climbing for the first time the other day,” Deysel offered enthusiastically, gesturing toward a nearby serac where climbers from several expeditions had been practicing their ice craft.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
