suspect
verb (used with object)
to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof.
had been suspecting
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past perfect progressiveof suspect.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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A few days ago, he sat me down and began to apologize profusely, and informed me that he had been suspecting me of stealing money from him.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2015
Kote nodded, almost as if he had been suspecting the news.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Three of the castle-servants barred their way, sullen and questioning, as if they had been suspecting some plot of these two against their master.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
It was very sudden—entirely unanticipated—although I had been suspecting disease of the heart.
From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Minnie Mary Lee
Though some of the more sagacious had been suspecting that the Government might resort to measures of desperation, these ordinances took the whole community by surprise.
From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
