were prompting
- past progressive of prompt.
Example Sentences
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But she raised a list of concerns that were prompting American businesses to describe China as “uninvestable” because it’s “too risky.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
“Protests and riots were the normal news, banks had been boarding up their windows, and emergency alerts were prompting people to stay indoors after curfew,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
In August, China’s market regulator drafted guidelines to regulate the medical aesthetics sector’s advertising practices, saying that they were prompting societal anxiety over people’s looks.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 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
I continued to work, wondering what motives were prompting him.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
