propose
verb (used with object)
to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action.
had been proposing
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past perfect progressiveof propose.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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The union believed there was an understanding on luxury tax rates, which management had been proposing to substantially steepen while eliminating higher penalties for recidivist high spenders.
From Fox News ● Mar. 1, 2022
Professor Wood had been proposing for some time that lawsuits to stop climate change could be built around the public trust doctrine.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2018
In fact, they still didn’t know that Barr had been proposing a dirty-tricks campaign against trade unions and WikiLeaks to a government agency and a major bank.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2012
Britain will propose to the Security Council what Ball had been proposing in Nicosia: the establishment of a 10,000-man peacekeeping force.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally, a languorous journey by punt from the Barges to Magdalen Bridge more than compensated us for the somnolent half-hour which we had been proposing to spend under the shadow of the City Wall.
From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates
