replay
verb (used with object)
to play again, as a record or tape.
had been replaying
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past perfect progressiveof replay.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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After a heavy sigh and a long pause, his cousin Edith Chesoi told the BBC that she had been replaying the video over and over in her head.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
For nearly a quarter of a century, he had been replaying the counsel she had doled out during his basketball days at Loyola-Chicago.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
All morning, he had been replaying the vandalism in his mind.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2019
When he met reporters afterward, he said he had been replaying the move since it happened.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2018
He had been replaying the words of a director from one of the other drama schools, who had told him that he could recognize an actor from the way he enters a room.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2015
