support
verb (used with object)
to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
had been supporting
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past perfect progressiveof support.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 now, the geopolitical risk premium, which had been supporting oil prices, appears to have tapered off.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
Calum Miller, MP for Bicester and Woodstock, said it was "clearly a tragic incident" and the community had been supporting one another after the news.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2025
Pall, who was just 22 years of age at the time, said he felt pressured into complying because the older model had been supporting him financially and he felt indebted.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
Kandula was set to graduate this December with a master’s in information systems from the Seattle campus of Northeastern University and had been supporting her single mother living in India.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
When she called my name, I could see that she had been right behind me all the time and, to keep me on the step, had been supporting my weight with her body.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
