revel
verb (used without object)
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed byin ).
had been revelling
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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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Men who had been revelling in the plenty of two captured cities, could not return without impatience to the restraints of a time of scarcity.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
It was a lovely, calm, moonlight night, and she had been revelling in the peace of it, when suddenly this outcry from above had shot her out of her hammock like an explosion.
From Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
And only a day or so prior to it he had been revelling in the prospect of a speedy return to civilized life, to the enjoyment of wealth for the remainder of his allotted span.
From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram
For Artois the romance of the night in which he had been revelling was now thoroughly disturbed.
From A Spirit in Prison by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Marietta entered her room, and Nella, who had been revelling in the coming conversation, was suddenly very busy, stirring the drink of lime flowers which Marietta had ordered.
From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
