prompt
adjective
done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay.
were prompting
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past progressiveof prompt.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 rationale in all cases was that the benefits were prompting workers to stay home instead of taking advantage of a recovering job market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
Restrictions were prompting expatriate and Chinese staff to return home, said a fund manager who could not be named due to company policy.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2021
He noted how overpopulation and the sweep of reckless human activities were prompting a “great die‑off” of species at an unprecedented rate.
From Nature ● Jan. 27, 2020
A Harvard-educated philosopher and the author of dozens of books, he entered the field of bioethics in the 1960s, when dizzying advances in medical science were prompting dilemmas previously undreamed of.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2019
I continued to work, wondering what motives were prompting him.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
