levitate
verb (used without object)
to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
had been levitating
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past perfect progressiveof levitate.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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Subbayah Pullavar, a gaunt, wiry Yogi, told Mr. Plunkett he had been "levitating" for 20 years, that his family had been doing it for hundreds.
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