risk
noun
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance.
had been risking
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past perfect progressiveof risk.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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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
She was aware of a very tender feeling toward those men who had been risking their lives in the rapids in order to indulge her in a hope which she had made known to them.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
