had been training
- past perfect progressive of train.
Example Sentences
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But the Hawkeyes had one crucial thing working in their favor: a coach who had been training his entire life for this exact scenario.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Sterling had been training away from the rest of his Chelsea team-mates after failing to secure a move in the summer transfer window.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
“It was like everything I had ever done, my 10,000 hours on all these things coming together in a one-minute format. I didn’t know I had been training for that day,” Givens said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
Louganis had been training in Florida when he got the diagnosis, six months before the Seoul Games.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
That year, a group of MK soldiers who had been training in Tanzania and Zambia crossed the Zambezi River into Rhodesia with the intention of making their way home.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
