cogitate
verb (used without object)
to think hard; ponder; meditate.
had been cogitating
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past perfect progressiveof cogitate.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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And he began to work in earnest on the manuscript for “City of Quartz,” which brought together ideas he had been cogitating on for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
He had been cogitating whether or not to confide in Bud, and finally decided in the negative.
From Shoe-Bar Stratton by George W. Gage
During the afternoon of the previous day the General, who was a great theorist, had been cogitating some scheme which he only communicated to Colonel Stewart, and to one or two others.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Louis Creswicke
Rushbrook, who had been cogitating how to proceed, was the first to speak.
From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Frederick Marryat
“Do you know,” observed Fritz, who had been cogitating awhile, “I think I see the reason for their methodical habit of going to and from the water.”
From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
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