present
adjective
being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current.
had been presenting
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past perfect progressiveof present.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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He had been presenting The One Show since 2020.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
At the time, Rivera, who is transgender, had been presenting as male.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
What became New York Theater Workshop had been presenting work around Manhattan for nearly a decade when Nicola raised his hand for the top job.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Washington wishes she knew more about the suspect, including whether he knew her daughter, who had been presenting as female ever since she was 12 or 13 years old.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2020
I had sweated with fear lest my own truth should be discovered by all those to whom for so many years I had been presenting a lie.
From The Dweller on the Threshold by Robert Smythe Hichens
