had been somersaulting

• 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 somersault.
  somersault

  noun

  an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.

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