recuperate
verb (used without object)
to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
had been recuperating
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past perfect progressiveof recuperate.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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Navalny himself was jailed in January upon returning to Russia from Germany where he had been recuperating from nerve-agent poisoning; he was subsequently sentenced to 2½ years in prison.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
The senator had been recuperating from surgery and exploring treatment options in Arizona.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2017
He said Meles had been recuperating well before being suddenly rushed to intensive care but did not say where he was being treated, highlighting the secretive tendencies of the tightly-controlled state.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2012
Hazzard’s family said he had been recuperating for a long time from complications of heart surgery.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2011
There had been boating and swimming and tennis and "a deuced pretty girl" down there at the resort where he had been recuperating, and yet he was glad to be back.
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood
