- past perfect progressive of suppose.
Example Sentences
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There she had been supposing him so much better than any one else, and he wasn't at all.
From The Rosie World by Fillmore, Parker
He had been supposing that we had forgotten it.
From All-Wool Morrison by Day, Holman
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 Arnim, Elizabeth von
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 Smith, Francis Hopkinson
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 Symons, Arthur