judge
noun
a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
had been judging
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past perfect progressiveof judge.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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In the ABC interview, Mr. Obama said his critics had been judging him on the style but not the substance of his policies during the past several weeks.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2013
The Fed had been judging the importance of different industries in its index on the basis of the 1947 business census.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her brother ignored her for a moment but then, as if he had been judging the limits of his sister’s patience, he loped over and dropped the toy at her paws.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
She could not have been more righteously indignant if she had been judging the three denials of Saint Peter.
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
Suppose she had left him to cry out this secret hunger of his uncomforted; suppose, while she thought him contentedly playing with Billy and 'Lizabeth, he had been judging and blaming his mother?
From Martie, the Unconquered by Kathleen Thompson Norris
