trundle
verb (used with object)
to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll.
had been trundling
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past perfect progressiveof trundle.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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He had been trundling away in county cricket for more than a decade, steadily taking wickets for Sussex.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2013
But a minute since, and it had been trundling along like a lame cow; and now it was off as though drawn by Apollo’s coursers.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
For many days French and American motor-lorries had been trundling across France, storing the warehouses with heaping piles of food-supplies.
From Our Army at the Front by Heywood Broun
Mr. William Adams, who had been trundling the barrow, set it down, and Mr. Benjamin Jope—whose good-natured face would have recommended him anywhere—walked into the drinking-parlour and rapped on the table.
From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
They had been trundling easily, aimlessly over the smooth, hard prairie road, the well-trained, well-matched ponies ambling steadily along.
From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by Charles King
