guess
verb (used with object)
to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully.
had been guessing
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past perfect progressiveof guess.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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He joked that everyone had been guessing what his first song would be, as he formally opened the show by introducing Rock DJ by Robbie Williams.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
The price for the U.S. serial rights Churchill kept to himself, but gossips had been guessing for more than a year that his remembrances would sell for a record $1,000,000 or more.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost from the first I had been guessing about something; and I took a chance—and I really shook up that “super-sleuth.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Instead of being a harmless tapin, or cavy, as we had been guessing, it was no other than the dreaded janarit pixuna—the black jaguar of the Amazon.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
If Hunter had been guessing the odds, he would have put her adjustment index on a par with his own.
From The Cartels Jungle by Irving E. Cox
