see
verb (used with object)
to perceive with the eyes; look at.
had been seeing
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past perfect progressiveof see.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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Shane and his colleagues had been seeing signs of this incoming attack for months.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
He said that they were “very constructive on the biopharma side,” where they had been seeing “the bulk of innovation and mispricing” in the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
His date, whom he had been seeing for a couple of months, showed up in black Lululemon leggings, an oversize gray sweatshirt and dirty Nike Air Forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
The couple had been seeing one another for only about a year when together they stumbled upon a medical mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Ever since Billy had been thrown into shrubbery for the sake of a picture, he had been seeing Saint Elmo’s fire, a sort of electronic radiance around the heads of his companions and captors.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
