cool
adjective
moderately cold; neither warm nor cold.
had been cooling
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past perfect progressiveof cool.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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The rate of inflation had been cooling heading into 2024, but progress has seemingly stalled.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
Really, Lux had been cooling off for weeks, following his auspicious start to the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2022
For two weeks the Congo's pro-Western President Joseph Kasavubu had been cooling his heels in a Manhattan hotel room, waiting for the U.N.
From Time Magazine Archive
At day's end, copies of the polished resolution were handed out to newshawks who, denied admission to the secret Freedom of the Press meeting, had been cooling their heels in Palmer House corridors since morning.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had been cooling Ambuya's skin so often during the hot days, she hardly noticed what she was doing.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
