counsel
noun
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
had been counseling
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past perfect progressiveof counsel.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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Henry L. Berman, chief executive of Exponent Philanthropy, which advises smaller foundations, said he had been counseling funders not to shift their focus drastically to respond to current events.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2019
“It’s one of those things that shows us that all of us are fallible,” said Wayne Maxwell of Woodland Bible Church, Ms. Colden’s preacher, who had been counseling her through the paper’s demise.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
FBI chaplain Mark O'Sullivan, who had been counseling the mother, widow and children of Unabomber victim Gilbert Murray, said the family was "extremely disappointed" in the delay.
From Time Magazine Archive
One recent Sunday, a single mother Fowler had been counseling showed up at church with her daughter for the first time.
From Time Magazine Archive
While he had been counseling Nan Bartlett as to "The Gray Knight," writing that was quite as individual as hers had been done without his guidance under his own roof!
From Otherwise Phyllis by Charles Dana Gibson
