retrace
verb (used with object)
to trace backward; go back over.
had been retracing
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past perfect progressiveof retrace.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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The following night I arrived at Boosovatz, where I left the Travnik road, which I had been retracing up to that point.
From Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels by George Arbuthnot
In his dream he had been retracing accurately and in detail a small scene of the previous morning, at the moment quite without significance for him.
From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Step by step she had been retracing her early foolish fondness for the man who had been her husband.
From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree
