had been responding
- past perfect progressive of respond.
Example Sentences
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Kirk had been responding to a reported robbery at a Lancaster supermarket in 2023 when Houseton approached him in the parking lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
While we worked, Dalia reflected on the way different customers had been responding to the shooting in the weeks since Oct 25.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
The deputies had been responding to a report of an unoccupied vehicle and were searching the area when they found him dead in an area away from the vehicle, the statement said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
The pair had been responding to a silent panic alarm which had been activated at the travel agents on Morley Street just 30 minutes before the end of their shifts that Friday afternoon.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
The engine had run smoothly, without even a cough, and the controls had been responding as well as they ever did.
From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann
