swoop
verb (used without object)
to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
had been swooping
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past perfect progressiveof swoop.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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Flamstead Parish Council said a falconer had been brought into the Hertfordshire village to try and catch the bird of prey which had been swooping at residents for several weeks.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
Bridges had been swooping at the time, so close to earth that the drop amounted to nothing: but for some curious reason he had lost control of the machine.
From Lord John in New York by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
