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had been whirring

  • past perfect progressive of whir.

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A few dozen yards away from the new installation sat an older stack of Climeworks machines, 18 in total, that had been whirring on the same rooftop for more than a year.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2019

There were lots of grouse in the country through which we had come and all day long coveys of them had been whirring away from our advancing outposts.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.