yaw
verb (used without object)
to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
had been yawing
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past perfect progressiveof yaw.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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It had been yawing off that compass all the way from a point to a point and a half.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
