choose
verb (used with object)
to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference.
had been choosing
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past perfect progressiveof choose.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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Many in China had been choosing to stay single during an economic slowdown.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024
So venues had been choosing their words carefully.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
“I just committed to Cory,” said Brittain, a medical device salesman here in west-central Iowa, who had been choosing between Booker, Biden and Klobuchar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2019
Mars said none of those schools filed their waiver applications yet; instead, they had been choosing to let the process play out with Patterson.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
William, who had been choosing their path, even from behind, objected.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
