gurgle
verb (used without object)
to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current.
had been gurgling
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past perfect progressiveof gurgle.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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Aida, who had been gurgling apoplectically, sprang snarling from the basket, and made for the intruder open-mouthed.
From Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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