counsel
noun
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
was counselling
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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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Some of the arresting officers had seen him just the day before, at a truancy programme where he was counselling young people as part of his ONS fellowship.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2016
UK Athletics said it was "counselling caution" to athletes because "full transparency requires release of all of an athlete's testing history rather than incomplete data that has the possibility of being open to misinterpretation."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2015
An old fellow of thirty was counselling a young one of eighteen, and explaining to him what sort of an adversary he had to deal with.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Once or twice, while Brower was counselling with X Marshall on the door-step, another man—Tom Bingham—had been entertained by Jane within the breezy recesses of the bay-window.
From With the Procession by Henry Blake Fuller
The anxious mother was counselling her young son regarding his behavior at the table of that excellent lady: 'An' mind, Macgreegor, ye're no' to be askin' fur jeely till ye've ett twa bits o' breed-an'-butter.
From Quit Your Worrying! by George Wharton James
