had been suppressing
- past perfect progressive of suppress.
Example Sentences
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Ms Adetshina was then invited to enter Miss Universe Nigeria - which she won - but said she had been "suppressing her emotions" throughout.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
“A lot of people who had been suppressing it no longer felt that they had to suppress it.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2021
It was a wash of emotion that I had been suppressing and then a wash of emotion laterally from them.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
Robinson had been suppressing his rage for as long as he could remember.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2020
The silent laughter he had been suppressing burst out of him, and he laughed so hard that he dropped his crutch.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
