weather
noun
the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
had been weathering
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past perfect progressiveof weather.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 discovery horrified Mr. Madoff’s friends, who felt he had been weathering the storm of the last two years and was slowly rebuilding his life.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2010
Most alarming last week was that the Dow, which had been weathering this typhoon rather well, took the biggest hit--falling 821 points, or 8%.
From Time Magazine Archive
