recommend
verb (used with object)
to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably.
had been recommending
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past perfect progressiveof recommend.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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Former Conservative justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland, who launched a review into MP security after the death of Amess, said he had been recommending an increase in security for some political figures.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
But on Thursday, Nesbitt said she had been recommending masks indoors for everyone all along.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2021
The technique was used to process tests for H.I.V. as that epidemic took root in the United States, recalled Dr. Fauci, who said he had been recommending it to federal officials for months.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2020
Earlier in the outbreak, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been recommending that all healthcare providers wear N95 masks, but it loosened the guidelines recently, in part to stretch limited supplies nationally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2020
If he were to say to you that he had been recommending my mother to do this or that, you would not take it amiss?”
From The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
