discuss
verb (used with object)
to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate.
had been discussing
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past perfect progressiveof discuss.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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The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Paris-based Pernod and Brown-Forman had been discussing a mostly stock deal and that the families behind both companies would retain significant stakes after the transaction closed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
“You go first, babe,” I said, hoping that his answer would give me enough of a hook to guess which conflict everyone had been discussing.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
Moments before the shooting, Souza entered the wooden church on the movie set at Bonanza Creek Ranch and moved in behind Hutchins, who had been discussing Baldwin’s next scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
The sides had been discussing signing a formal one-month extension, which could be further prolonged, said three people familiar with the negotiations who were not authorized to discuss them.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
“And yet,” she said, as though we had been discussing the subject, “what do doctors know? Dr. Blinker prescribed this tonic—but what can medicine really do? What good does anything do when one’s Day arrives?”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
