had been proclaiming
- past perfect progressive of proclaim.
Example Sentences
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Together with biophysicist Francis Crick, he had been proclaiming in Scientific American and elsewhere that consciousness, which philosophers have wrestled with for millennia, was scientifically tractable.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 26, 2023
For some time, Jackson had been proclaiming that he had contemptuously spurned Clay when the latter had sought to reach the same devious bargain with him that he had ultimately made with Adams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2016
For years pundits had been proclaiming the demise of the Big Three, and they will no doubt do so again.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the first confession of what her real, her sane and intelligent self had been proclaiming loudly since the first flush of interest and pleasure in her "borrowed plumage" had receded.
From The Second Generation by Phillips, David Graham
This, of course, brought intense satisfaction to the members of Local Leesville of the Socialist party; it was what they had been proclaiming for two years and four months!
From Jimmie Higgins by Sinclair, Upton
