reassure
verb (used with object)
to restore to assurance or confidence.
had been reassuring
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past perfect progressiveof reassure.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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She said it had been reassuring to see such a positive reaction on social media.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Last week, Yoel Roth, the company’s head of moderation and safety who had been reassuring users and advertisers about Twitter’s policies, resigned.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2022
Thorp and Baddour had been publicly supportive of Davis for the past year, so much so that Davis said Monday at the ACC's preseason media days that it had been "reassuring" to have their backing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2011
Even the mood at his first post-match press conference had been reassuring.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2011
If the other storytellers had been reassuring one another with science, then my mother would have flown stories as factual as bats into the listening night.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
