tune
noun
a succession of musical sounds forming a melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
had been tuning
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past perfect progressiveof tune.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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Many had been tuning it out, with polls showing that nearly half of the public was paying little attention to events in Ukraine.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
To the scientific orchestra that had been tuning up in sections for centuries, Newton's law of gravity brought the exhilarating unity of a conductor's baton.
From Time Magazine Archive
All week the flyers had been tuning up their seaplanes, practising pylon turns against a factory chimney near the Anacostia River.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Gilman’s violin lay across his knees—perhaps he had been tuning it—and the women inclined towards him, one on either side.
From The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett
The string trio, which had been tuning up, eased into a quiet song as he spoke.
From Fee of the Frontier by Horace Brown Fyfe
