muse
verb (used without object)
to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
had been musing
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past perfect progressiveof muse.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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Our party had been musing about a Lepe flan.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2010
"Walter, King of Scotland!" ejaculated the duke, who, during Graham's speech, had been musing over the sudden change in his fortunes.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
I had been musing for some moments, with my head resting upon my hand, when, happening to raise my eyes, I beheld a figure immediately before me.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
It was for this I felt after we had been musing awhile—Narcissus, probably, on everything else in the world except his debts—and it was with this I awoke him from his reverie.
From The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne by Richard Le Gallienne
“I shall only stay a little while,” as if she had been musing over her journey.
From A Modern Cinderella by Amanda Minnie Douglas
