imply
verb (used with object)
to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated.
had been implying
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past perfect progressiveof imply.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 young nobleman coloured, as if with ingenuous shame at what he had been implying.
From John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
