oscillate
verb (used without object)
to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
had been oscillating
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past perfect progressiveof oscillate.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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Before the pandemic, that inflation gauge had been oscillating around 2 percent.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
He ruminated at length about his “bum mic” in the first debate and speculated that someone backstage had been oscillating the volume of his microphone up and down.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2016
For six days I had been oscillating within a pretty complete circumference of alarms.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
