had been shedding
- past perfect progressive of shed.
Example Sentences
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His 2014 book “The Fissured Workplace” took aim at the ways that employers had been shedding their responsibilities to employees, through franchising arrangements and the hiring of labor subcontractors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
His 2014 book “The Fissured Workplace” explored the ways that employers had been shedding their responsibilities to employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Ohio had been shedding jobs, mostly in manufacturing, since January 2000, the fact-checking group noted.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2015
She had been shedding tears, and it was with unsteady voice that she excused herself for keeping her father waiting.
From The Nether World by Gissing, George
Wherefore, to believe that her husband had been shedding watches under that "Thing's" window at ungodly hours, coupled with the fact of his late arrival on the previous night, was .
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
