repeat
verb (used with object)
to say or utter again (something already said).
had been repeating
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past perfect progressiveof repeat.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 said Will, and some other boys, had been repeating the views of controversial online influencer Andrew Tate to make the teacher "squirm".
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
Grogan was shocked to find she had been repeating a false memory of the incident for 40 years.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2021
I had been repeating this depressing internal dialogue about how I was married to a selfish jerk, and because I didn’t want to be wrong, I looked for proof of it.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017
Then I heard that one of the boys had been repeating the jokes at school.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2011
Cal’s last words had been repeating themselves over and over in her head.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
