counsel
noun
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
was counseling
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past progressiveof counsel.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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David Brown said that the parts of ministry his father liked best was counseling, seeing patients, so he went back to Yale and received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Even on the night before his wedding this past October, Michael Swann was counseling a new client about a stressful moment in her life.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
He had worked at a famous and fancy law firm, Cravath, where his job was counseling rich people about how to stay rich.
From The Verge ● Nov. 2, 2021
It turned out to be the office of the Zonies law firm, which was counseling the Olympic Committee.
From Salon ● May 11, 2021
Although K.D. was counseling me to study law, I had my heart set on being an interpreter or a clerk in the Native Affairs Department.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
