wake
verb (used without object)
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
had been waking
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past perfect progressiveof wake.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 shares that Joe had been waking up repeatedly at night during their last year in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Ms Kennedy said officers had been waking up with panic attacks and were in "disbelief" that none of their colleagues had been killed.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
He had been waking for hours, and the dark walls of his narrow lodging had been a prison to his restless heart.
From The Lost Word A Christmas Legend of Long Ago by Henry Van Dyke
Perhaps from the death of her father, certainly from the beginning of Siddall's courtship, Mildred had been waking up.
From The Price She Paid by David Graham Phillips
He had been waking for hours, and the walls of his narrow lodging had been a prison to his heart.
From The Blue Flower by Henry Van Dyke
