raid
noun
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed.
had been raiding
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past perfect progressiveof raid.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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In October 1916, in Tujunga Canyon near Sunland, a farmer named Cornelius Johnson set out a trap for a bear that had been raiding his grapevines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Flashlight in hand, Tiba was concerned because wild boars had been raiding her corn, according to the village chief, Faris.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2019
Ten years before Tom Mooney went to jail, a farmer of Waterford, Conn. shot a golden eagle which had been raiding his chicken-run.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Libyans answered that it was the Egyptians who had been raiding across the border.
From Time Magazine Archive
For eleven months the band had been raiding successfully between the Congo and the Lubiranzi, on the left bank.
From Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 by Frank F. Ellinwood
