- past perfect progressive of yield.
Example Sentences
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Janbon told VTM News, that his counter-terrorist special task force had been yielding good national results, and had managed to stop departures to Syria.
From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2015
Janbon told VTM News, that his counter-terrorist special task force had been yielding good national results, and had managed to stop departures to Syria.
From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2015
The moon, that for some minutes had been yielding but a faint light, became suddenly eclipsed by a cloud, and the darkness was now greater than ever.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
I had been yielding to a selfish burst of grief, thoughtless of the agony I was inflicting.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee
It would never do for him to know she had been yielding to incipient jealousy.
From A Texas Ranger by Raine, William MacLeod
