had been untangling
- past perfect progressive of untangle.
Example Sentences
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He had been untangling a forgotten rare specimen of deep-sea lobster from his net, when the explosion came.
From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by Goldfrap, John Henry