pronounce
verb (used with object)
to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
had been pronouncing
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past perfect progressiveof pronounce.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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While she had been straining her very soul in this attempt, the object of her magnanimity had been pronouncing her "not honest."
From The Spoils of Poynton by Henry James
This was uttered in the softest, sweetest tone imaginable, and as if she had been pronouncing a panegyric.
From Marriage by Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
