had been entwining

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of entwine.
  entwine

  verb (used with or without object)

  to twine with, about, around, or together.

Related Words

• coil
• enmesh
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