had been swishing

• 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 swish.
  swish

  verb (used without object)

  to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.

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