tweet
noun
a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
had been tweeting
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past perfect progressiveof tweet.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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When I tweeted the "insider addr" tweet, I had been tweeting for months about how Coinbase listings/frontrunning/token choices had become a huge mess.
From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022
Popular interpretations suggested Musk was alluding to two rivalling dog-themed cryptocurrencies, shiba inu and dogecoin, which he had been tweeting about this week.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2021
“I kind of was expecting it. I had been tweeting support for her.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2020
Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, had been tweeting each call that the Speaker had been having with Mnuchin.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2020
All year, people had been tweeting me, Three-peat, three-peat, three-peat.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
