surrender
verb (used with object)
to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress.
had been surrendering
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past perfect progressiveof surrender.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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The source added that he did not believe the final battle at Albu Kamal would involve “fierce resistance”, as many fighters had been surrendering elsewhere.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2017
But then he thought again of the photograph in her room and remembered that agony of grief to which she had been surrendering herself when he first saw her.
From The Bittermeads Mystery by E. R. (Ernest Robertson) Punshon
It was there the unwelcome truth came upon him that he had been surrendering himself to madness.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
