had been repeating
- past perfect progressive of repeat.
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
Dunham was concerned about the injury but also enchanted by the phrase, and had been repeating it to people everywhere she went over the last several days.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2014
Then I heard that one of the boys had been repeating the jokes at school.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2011
She had been repeating her lines silently to herself but now stopped.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
