bedevil
verb (used with object)
to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
had been bedevilling
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past perfect progressiveof bedevil.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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I think he had it in for Ferdy, for Ferdy had been bedevilling him about the place.
From Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
