had been straitjacketing

• 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 straitjacket.
  straitjacket

  noun

  a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.

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