had been risking
- past perfect progressive of risk.
Example Sentences
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Following the strikes, Mr Sunak said the Houthi attacks had been "risking lives at sea... causing major disruption to a vital trade route and driving up commodity prices".
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
Reminded that he had been risking his life, Mr. Lerner said, “Well, it was a war.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2022
She failed to say anything at all until 6.30pm on Wednesday, when fire-fighters had been risking their lives since the early hours.
From Time ● Jun. 16, 2017
And now she was very conscious that she ought to have prevented them.—She felt that she had been risking her friend’s happiness on most insufficient grounds.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
He had put us down here till the supposed effects of that serum had worn off; and now we were to talk; tell him everything his agents had been risking their lives to find out!
From The Floating Island of Madness by Kirby, Jason
