- past perfect progressive of present.
Example Sentences
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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
Pressed on Mr Spicer's claims, she said he had been presenting "alternative facts".
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2017
And that John Quincy Adams, once President, but now a senile intermeddler, had been presenting petitions in Congress from various constituencies for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee