seep
verb (used without object)
to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance.
had been seeping
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past perfect progressiveof seep.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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Teevens, previously the head coach at Stanford and Tulane, admitted that reality had been seeping in, slowly swamping hope.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
Then came the inevitable rumours of player discontent, always the precursor to managerial change, which had been seeping out for a while.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2017
It was known that big Union Guardian Trust Co. had been weakened by heavy commitments in stricken Detroit real estate, that deposits had been seeping away.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though she had lived in America as an eternal exile, a visitor for forty years, certain bits of her adopted country had been seeping under the locked doors of her dis-approval.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
