revel
verb (used without object)
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed byin ).
had been reveling
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past perfect progressiveof revel.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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Schemers who had been reveling in the delusion of princely fortune found their estates vanishing into thin air.
From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington
I had been reveling in a species of indulgence, imagining I was a great lover of nature, building poetical illusions over storm-beaten peaks.
From The Last of the Plainsmen by Grey, Zane
