had been sluing

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of slue.
  slue

  verb (used with object)

  to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.

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• decline
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• spiral
• tumble