coil
noun
a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into.
had been coiling
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past perfect progressiveof coil.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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Long lines of sawdust, which had been coiling and whirling in the eddies, or stretching across the black seething water, were caught in the ice, or blown about with the powdered snow over its surface.
From John Ward, Preacher by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
