prompt
adjective
done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay.
had been prompting
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past perfect progressiveof prompt.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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Love, too, had been playing its bewitching part; amidst all these drawbacks and disappointments, love had been prompting his ambition with her dreams of a happy future.
From The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family by A. R. Waud
