had been thralling

• 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 thrall.
  thrall

  noun

  a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, or the like.

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