socialize
verb (used with object)
to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
had been socializing
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past perfect progressiveof socialize.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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Jack and Audrey had been socializing with friends until the wee hours.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Greer’s alt-right exposure and firing echoes the circumstances of Ian Smith, a Department of Homeland Security staffer who, the Atlantic reported, had been socializing with alt-right activists.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2018
In the past few months, the Carlsons — the parents of Tucker Carlson, the Fox News television host — had been socializing with Giselle.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2017
Sure enough, when New York reporters finally found him, he had been "socializing" for seven intensive hours in a suite at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
From Time Magazine Archive
