riffle
verb (used with or without object)
to turn hastily; flutter and shift.
had been riffling
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past perfect progressiveof riffle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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"But—" Harty took the spare pack which he had been riffling and slammed it down on the table—"there's men who've got homes—good homes—who're going to their death to sea to-night."
From Wide Courses by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
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