bounce
verb (used without object)
to spring back from a surface in a lively manner.
had been bouncing
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past perfect progressiveof bounce.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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Before the ADS redemptions disclosure, Apollo’s stock had been bouncing off a 19-month closing low hit on March 12.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
US economic growth, which had been bouncing back from pandemic disruptions, sputtered.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
The company’s stock, which had been bouncing between 40 and 60 cents a share before the pandemic, soared to a high of $6.92 a share on June 22, 2020.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
The news delivered a much-needed break for U.S. markets, which had been bouncing wildly between positive and negative territory on the heels of their worst day of trading since the 1987 Black Monday crash.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2020
Which was the unhappy way the ball had been bouncing in Milagro for quite some time, and which was just another reason Eusebio Lavadie was not a particularly well-liked person in the Miracle Valley.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
