seethe
verb (used without object)
to surge or foam as if boiling.
had been seething
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past perfect progressiveof seethe.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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In one short hour she had conjured away the rebellion that had been seething in the girl’s mind for weeks.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
This thing had been seething in her mind, and she was going to have it out at the risk of breaking friendship.
From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Amanda Minnie Douglas
She hummed a little at first, and then broke into a long speech which had been seething all day in her mind.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
"Hang!" he shouted, unable any longer to master the rage that had been seething within him for the last two hours.
From The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc
Now, without any warning, something that had been seething since her breathless arrival took shape in my mind, and became—suspicion.
From The Confession by Mary Roberts Rinehart
