vote
noun
a formal expression of opinion or choice made by an individual or body of individuals, especially in an election.
had been voting
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past perfect progressiveof vote.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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If viewers had been voting to oust rather than voting to keep, he might not have lasted as long as he did.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2022
The 67-year-old had been voting at the little white clapboard building in a dirt lot between a cemetery and an office supply warehouse since she moved just down the road in 1982.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2019
In fact, women had been voting for less than a decade when mom came along.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2019
Mr. Wright refused to concede, suggesting on Tuesday night that there had been voting irregularities and insisting that all absentee ballots and affidavit ballots be counted.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2016
Women had been voting for these officers seven years under this Act, and always for the benefit of the schools, according to the almost universal testimony of educational authorities.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper
