had been threading
- past perfect progressive of thread.
Example Sentences
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When he watched the video later, he saw that he had been threading a pen between his fingers throughout his talk with Messi without noticing.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
This conversation had occurred while our cab had been threading its way through a long succession of dingy streets and dreary by-ways.
From A Study in Scarlet by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
During this conversation the two had been threading their way through the intricate and dirty lanes which lead up from the water side to the outskirts of Stepney.
From The Firm of Girdlestone by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
He really looked as if he had been twisted out of shape by the tortuous streets he had been threading.
From The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
The cab, which had been threading the maze of the Soho streets, stopped.
From Beyond by Galsworthy, John
