welcome
interjection
(a word of kindly greeting, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure).
had been welcoming
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past perfect progressiveof welcome.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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David said he felt the people of Westhill had been welcoming.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Aziza recalls conversations with Syrians in Jordanian refugee camps who said their host country had been welcoming but they just wanted to go home.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022
Until the latest turn of events, Britain had been welcoming of Huawei.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2020
Mayor Shawn Barigar said Twin Falls had been welcoming refugees for decades and the City Council passed an ordinance saying they were a welcoming city for refugees.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2017
Yet the lady Beatrice spoke to all those fierce and eager people as sweetly and as quietly as if she had been welcoming her father's guests in her father's house.
From The God of Love by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
