readjust
verb (used with object)
to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
had been readjusting
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past perfect progressiveof readjust.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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I had been readjusting the handkerchief, but I happened to look up unexpectedly.
From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by William MacLeod Raine
