soldier
noun
a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
had been soldiering
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past perfect progressiveof soldier.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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That is not the case in the United States anymore, but our financial markets had been soldiering on anyway.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2025
Up until then, the country had been soldiering on as a communist command economy, with all work and goods distributed by the state.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2018
Here our company was still further increased by a certain Petrus from the Low Countries, a handsome young fellow, tall and well set up, who for a long time had been soldiering in Welch countries.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
It was something big to remember when you were only nineteen and had been soldiering three years, three years with a dogged army that refused to be beaten.
From Rebel Spurs by Andre Norton
