career
noun
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework.
had been careering
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past perfect progressiveof career.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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According to the narrative Cornwell developed, John Paul I’s brief pontificate had been careering toward disaster — and many in the Vatican could see it.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
It had been careering on its own account through space for untold ages, till it meets a planet.
From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge
My friend was, obviously, a bit taken aback by the term, as his mind had been careering along with visions of his seeing no less a person than the President.
From Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday
Frances and Anthony had hung out flags for Mafeking; Dorothy and Nicky, mounted on bicycles, had been careering through the High Street with flags flying from their handlebars.
From The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair
