had been refreshing
- past perfect progressive of refresh.
Example Sentences
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Some employers had been refreshing their health and safety standards to make sure their workplaces were as safe as possible, she added.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2021
He added that it had been refreshing to make a funny movie at a time when "laughing seems to be forbidden": a reference to the global gloom from the coronavirus pandemic.
From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2021
Former Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican, said that the generational shift fighting for a free Cuba in Miami had been refreshing.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2021
The glimpse of Glory had been refreshing because she was so honest and sincere that she disquieted one’s acquired cynicism of viewpoint.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh
By this time the chaise had slowly climbed the hill from a village in the further valley, where the post-boy had been refreshing himself and his horses.
From Angelot A Story of the First Empire by Price, Eleanor C. (Eleanor Catherine)
