propound
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
had been propounding
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past perfect progressiveof propound.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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Democratic Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie of Maryland had been propounding it for years, while Alfred Emanuel Smith had advocated a slight variant of it in 1928.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had been out walking, and Hugh had been propounding a difficulty which had reduced Lambert to the depths of gloom, and had even puzzled Balbus.
From A Tangled Tale by A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost
She would go on till the company had departed, and Lady Agatha would come to her side, laughing, and ask her what horrible feudal theories she had been propounding.
From Mary Gray by Katharine Tynan
