pirouette
noun
a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
had been pirouetting
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past perfect progressiveof pirouette.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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If I were to put on such a necklace as that, I should feel as if I had been pirouetting.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
