postulate
verb (used with object)
to ask, demand, or claim.
had been postulating
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past perfect progressiveof postulate.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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And it promised to be a mystery on a higher plane than the rather sordid affair we had been postulating.
From Aliens by William McFee
All the time that Michael had been postulating these conclusions to himself, he had been mechanically shaking his head to Clarissa's request.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
