visit
verb (used with object)
to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc..
had been visiting
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past perfect progressiveof visit.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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She had been visiting her mother for three weeks and boarded a plane to go home just a few hours before the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes struck on June 24.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
So Florence Balogun returned to Brooklyn, where she had been visiting relatives, and waited for her second son to be born.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Sterling, who had been visiting his brother in Dallas, knew exactly what he had to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
The cruise had been visiting remote wildlife areas, so a passenger could have come into contact with the virus then, or before boarding the ship.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
But then, Elizabeth had been visiting in San Francisco with her cousins the last few days, so April wasn’t really up to date on the Chung family news.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
