twitter
verb (used without object)
to utter a succession of small, tremulous sounds, as a bird.
had been twittering
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past perfect progressiveof twitter.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 dassies, who had been twittering to one another, had turned to stone.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
The canary that had been twittering, now burst forth into long and prolonged shrillings.
From Spring Days by George (George Augustus) Moore
It was a bright sunny morning—a little bird had been twittering above the very place—as it flew away, she approached—a book was in her hand,—her child followed her at some little distance off.
From Thelma by Marie Corelli
