reread
verb (used with object)
to read (something) again.
had been rereading
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past perfect progressiveof reread.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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She had been rereading old notebooks and diaries, which recorded other emotions: all the arguing with her lover; her constant suspicion of his behavior.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
He told me he had been rereading it.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2017
In 1999, they found a project because ERS member Scott Shepherd had been rereading Fitzgerald’s novel.
From Newsweek
She had been rereading Uncle Paul's letter, and to Pauline's wonder, there was something like a smile of amusement in her eyes.
From The S. W. F. Club by Caroline E. (Caroline Elliott Hoogs) Jacobs
He had been rereading the regulations covering contact, and the penalties were much too harsh for his liking.
From Feet Of Clay by Phillip Hoskins
