had been whispering
- past perfect progressive of whisper.
Example Sentences
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Unbeknownst to Mr. Altman, Dr. Sutskever and the three board members had been whispering behind his back for months.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
Researchers had been whispering about not being able to repeat big findings years before the priming bubble began to burst, says Nosek.
From Nature ● Dec. 10, 2019
People had been whispering it for more than a year.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2016
Yang at the 2009 PGA, failing for the first time in 15 tries to maintain a 54-hole lead in a major championship, other players began to say publicly what they had been whispering privately.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 26, 2010
Nobody was supposed to talk about it, but everyone had been whispering about it for days.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
