recommend
verb (used with object)
to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably.
was recommending
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past progressiveof recommend.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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The next day, Tinker received a letter from Freeman stating that he was recommending she be transferred to the alternative school, effective Jan. 3.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024
Following a meeting on Monday evening, the centrist One Nation group of Conservative MPs, which includes more than 100 MPs, said it was recommending its members vote for the bill at this stage.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2023
By the October, Mr Sibthorpe said word has started to get out among his fellow workers that something was not right about the pension scheme Reynolds was recommending.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
On July 20, the union announced it was recommending the deal and would put it to a full membership vote.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
I was recommending it the other day to Carstairs; but I want to know something more about it, and then I shall be able to explain it better.
From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
