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
Mutharika earlier on Saturday said there had been voting irregularities including violence and intimidation against his party’s election monitors, but the complaint was dismissed by the electoral commission.
From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2020
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
The Brooklyn machine contested her victory and sued, arguing that there had been voting irregularities.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
He had been voting long before he was of age and had even succeeded in getting a nomination for a certain party position during his minority, polling a considerable vote at the primaries.
From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by William Healy
