extol
verb (used with object)
had been extolling
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past perfect progressiveof extol.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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Japanese who were youngsters in 1945 recall how politicians and teachers who had been extolling the Emperor and Japan's war aims one day turned into instant democrats and peace lovers the day after surrender.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is similar to another remark made to me once by Georges Laforgue, on an occasion when I had been extolling Julian to the skies.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
He had been extolling modernism, and depreciating "the Ancients" because they could not draw rocks and clouds and trees; and he was fresh from his scientific sketching in the happy hunting-ground of the modern world.
From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
"Oh, do let us go on!" cried Kate, to whom Harry had been extolling Ranald on the way down.
From The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa by Connor, Ralph
Though he had been extolling his father at his own expense, what had he done but realise his father's hopes.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir
