had been fathoming

• 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 fathom.
  fathom

  noun

  a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath

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