widen
verb (used with or without object)
had been widening
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past perfect progressiveof widen.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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Jim Leaviss, a fund manager at M&G in London, said credit spreads across markets had been widening over recent weeks, but there was "definite underperformance" in the UK.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2022
That being said, it did have large fractures going across it that had been widening over the past few years.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2020
For decades before Lincoln took office, the sectional divisions in the country had been widening.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Another gap that had been widening for years was the education gap.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
A deadly silence had been widening around them, and now the daughter of the historian of the Semitic races broke it by twittering into a laugh behind her fan.
From A Daughter of To-Day by Sara Jeannette Duncan
