had been muddling
- past perfect progressive of muddle.
Example Sentences
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A prosperous city-state on the east side of the island of Sicily, Syracuse had been muddling along for years under a succession of tyrants.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Thinking of that seemed to crystallize into definite purpose what had been muddling his mind with vague impulses to let his mood find expression.
From Cabin Fever by Bower, B. M.
And then it was that I first began to be able to play on the fiddle, though I had been muddling away at it for a long time before.
From Mary Marston by MacDonald, George
