vow
noun
a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment.
had been vowing
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past perfect progressiveof vow.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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Rouda had been vowing a rematch, insisting he would win back that territory in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
George reflected that the Squire had forgotten that not an hour before he himself had been vowing that they were ruined, while he, George, had stoutly sworn that something would turn up to help them.
From Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life by Haggard, Henry Rider
He was horrified when suspicion fell upon Andrew Westwood, a poacher who had been vowing vengeance on Sydney Vane for the past three months.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
And his poor head was so addled that he didn't even realize that in his reply he had told what he had been vowing he would never tell!
From Jimmie Higgins by Sinclair, Upton
"Not if I can help it!" said Mrs. Cliff to herself, as fervently as if she had been vowing a vow to seek the Holy Grail; and she did help it.
From Mrs. Cliff's Yacht by Stockton, Frank Richard
