topple
verb (used without object)
to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
had been toppling
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past perfect progressiveof topple.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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The congregation gave one groan, and then an outcry as if the roof of the kirk had been toppling over their heads.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
