rehabilitate
verb (used with object)
to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
had been rehabilitating
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past perfect progressiveof rehabilitate.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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She had been rehabilitating the injury in hopes of playing this season before meeting with the school medical staff and deciding on surgery.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Roberta stayed on as her brother’s home aide and business partner; together they had been rehabilitating a historical bar he had bought, the Dalmatia.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2022
Texas Tech: Odiase, who had been rehabilitating a broken right foot since early January, returned to the lineup at the 13:06 mark of the first half.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2016
Hamilton had shoulder surgery on Feb. 4 and had been rehabilitating in Texas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2015
Busy as General Dru had been rehabilitating domestic affairs, he never for a moment neglected the foreign situation.
From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by Edward Mandell House
