respond
verb (used without object)
to reply or answer in words.
had been responding
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past perfect progressiveof respond.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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Kiwibank spokesman Ben Mabon said the company had been responding to "explicit and harmful content being shared using Buck's image".
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
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
The Serb, who was an unused substitute for Lyon, had been responding to comments by Onana who said his side are "way better" than their French opponents.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 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
It betrayed that quality behind the tone to which I had been responding, and of which I had been afraid, ever since I knew the man.
From The High Heart by Basil King
