appraise
verb (used with object)
to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess.
had been appraising
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past perfect progressiveof appraise.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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But there were no tears in her dropped eyes, and she could scarcely have been more deliberate in her examination, if she had been appraising their value.
From Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
All this while the cardinal and the proconsul had been appraising each other.
From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by James Branch Cabell
