revolve
verb (used without object)
to move in a circular or curving course or orbit.
had been revolving
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past perfect progressiveof revolve.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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If any planets had been revolving around that unstable star, they were certainly vaporized by now into scattered atoms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Monday after the walking expedition, Grace Harlowe set out for school full of an idea that had been revolving in her busy brain for weeks.
From Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
Then, like a flash, her thoughts reverted to the plan she had been revolving in her mind two days before, before all these strange things had happened.
From Queen Hildegarde by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
She was disappointed as well, for she had been revolving in her mind of late what a great pleasure it would be to have Nurse Marion come over to their house very often.
From If Any Man Sin by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
This was the plan I had been revolving in my mind, and which took me to the tourist offices.
From The Passenger from Calais by Arthur Griffiths
