plot
noun
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose.
had been plotting
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past perfect progressiveof plot.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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Ms Hoskins, however, claims Mr Bunting had been "plotting with other colleagues" to place chocolate in her office.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
I had been plotting earlier this year to go out more and watch more stand-up and just see what the young people are doing, what the vets are doing.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2023
He had been plotting his actions since 2015, during the thick of the so-called migrant crisis, when more than a million refugees — largely from war-torn Syria — were arriving in Germany.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
But there were also indications that Silman, a religious lawmaker with strong nationalist views, had been uneasy sitting in Israel’s diverse coalition and had been plotting her exit for some time.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
They saw in their grasp the opportunity for which they had been plotting these many years and they were not minded to let it escape them.
From Right Above Race by Otto Hermann Kahn
