suppose
verb (used with object)
to assume (something) for the sake of argument, as part of a proposition or theory, a problem set to be solved as an exercise, etc..
had been supposing
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past perfect progressiveof suppose.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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And he had been supposing, from her silence as she walked beside him, that she was finding Milan dull.
From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim
He had been supposing that we had forgotten it.
From All-Wool Morrison by Holman Day
The world had in no sense changed for her, as she had been supposing it would change; a new excitement had come into her life, and that was all.
From Spiritual Adventures by Arthur Symons
So much so that all the way up in the train he had been "supposing" and resupposing.
From Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero by Francis Hopkinson Smith
It seemed to him that Gore was not so incompetent as he had been supposing, to carry on his campaign.
From Mariquita A Novel by John Ayscough
