subject
noun
that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc..
had been subjecting
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past perfect progressiveof subject.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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For months the Rumanians had been subjecting U.S. diplomats to insolent treatment, harassment and name calling, as well as imposing severe travel limitations on the U.S. embassy staff.
From Time Magazine Archive
She paused, without intermitting the scrutiny which Cornelia felt she had been subjecting her to from the first moment through her veil.
From The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells
The Scout discipline and what might be called the Scout ritual, to which the boys had been subjecting themselves for several years, was immediately apparent in the murmurs of approval which greeted Jack’s suggestion.
From The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Rudolf Mencl
Still less did I understand that during that talk of two hours' duration he had been subjecting me to a rigid examination in English literature.
From Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston
Your ever loving, W. J. In "The Energies of Men" there is a long quotation from an unnamed European correspondent who had been subjecting himself to Yoga disciplinary exercise.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
