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
Mr. Wickersham had been revolving in his mind what he should say to the old gentleman.
From Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
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
Meanwhile, Mrs. Stetson had been revolving a design in her mind, and one afternoon she did some canvassing on her own account.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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
