fixate
verb (used without object)
to obsessively concentrate one's attention (usually followed byon ).
had been fixating
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past perfect progressiveof fixate.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 dog was taught to focus constantly upon his master's eyes and then upon command to select the object which he, the master, had been fixating.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
