reason
noun
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc..
were reasoning
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past progressiveof reason.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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He said we were not "worms of the dust"; we were reasoning, progressive, inventive men and women.
From Laddie; a true blue story by Gene Stratton-Porter
They were reasoning, critical, analytic, and extraordinarily dispassionate.
From The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
If we were reasoning, farsighted people, four fifths of us would go straight to the Guardians for relief, and knock the whole social system to pieces with most beneficial reconstructive results.
From Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw
In the face of all this, what were reasoning people to believe?
From The Spiritualists and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
Undoubtedly, as I have tried to point out, Malthus and Ricardo were reasoning upon the contemporary state of things.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Sir Leslie Stephen
