wheel
noun
a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
had been wheeling
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past perfect progressiveof wheel.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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Cole had been wheeling around in his motor at the time, when his agent Jonathan Barnett announced the figure over the Bluetooth.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2016
For 13 days, Che had been wheeling, dealing, and stealing the scene at Punta del Este without provoking a U.S. reply.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the east side of the Danube, where Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky had been wheeling on the pivot of Budapest, a new battle was announced with a flourish of Moscow's victory guns.
From Time Magazine Archive
A swift dark shape which had been wheeling in the blue sky plummeted down.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this pace Penelope knew she had only moments to ask the fortune-teller all the questions that had been wheeling through her mind.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
