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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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
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
Lying quietly in his bed, Helmsley conversed with his inner self, as it were, reasoning with his own human perplexities and gradually unravelling them.
From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli
Yet there they delayed, torturing us, playing blind, emulating cat and mouse; but of course they were reasoning and making certain.
From Desert Dust by J. Clinton Shepherd
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
