suspect
verb (used with object)
to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof.
was suspecting
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past progressiveof suspect.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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Could it be possible that Mr. Clarke was suspecting Dan of signing that check?
From Calvary Alley by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
I asked Aboh who the old gentleman was, suspecting that he had come with some object in view.
From The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa by E.F. Skinner
"I can't be here always," said he crossly—and she knew he was suspecting what she really must be thinking.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
In the street I met a man, this good Phœnician here,—he explained he was suspecting this ‘Critias’ himself, and lurked about in hopes of tracing him in the morning.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
Then he understood that Mrs. Snooks was suspecting him of complicity in the plot, and his amusement came very near getting the better of his politeness.
From Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted by Harriet L.
