had been transpiring
- past perfect progressive of transpire.
Example Sentences
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This cultural shift toward comfort had been transpiring even before we retreated inside our homes in March 2020, with the increasing popularity of less-structured bralettes in all colors and designs: bandage-style, frilled, high-neck, racerback, zip-up.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2021
Meanwhile in the Old Land many things of world-wide interest and influence had been transpiring.
From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by MacBeth, R. G. (Roderick George)
It is time to return to the States and record what had been transpiring there, in connection with the expedition, while the army was staggering towards its permanent winter-camp.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various
While this last thrilling incident had been transpiring, four of the men were missing.
From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell
Yet during my absence events of the gravest moment had been transpiring.
From The White Shield by Mitford, Bertram
