worm
noun
any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
had been worming
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past perfect progressiveof worm.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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During the latter part of this singular dialogue, I had been worming myself through the devious alleys of the thicket, and gradually drawing nearer to the speakers.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
Gaffney, with the adaptability of the trooper of years of service on the frontier, had been worming something of their visitors' story out of them.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
