recommend
verb (used with object)
to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably.
were recommending
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past progressiveof recommend.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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Authorities were recommending that people avoid beaches in the two states because of a potential tsunami risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
By 1956, hospital births were becoming more common, and midwifery textbooks were recommending that a "wrist name-tape" or "string of lettered china beads" should be attached directly to the newborn.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
Cafes and restaurants were closed during most of this period; public health authorities were recommending quarantine for those with the coronavirus, as well as social distancing and limiting face-to-face encounters.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
Miller and other senior military officers had urged Trump to leave a couple thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan to counter threats posed by terrorist groups, and they were recommending roughly the same to President Biden.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2021
"Only slightly," admitted Mrs. Brandon, feeling that Mr. Sluss would be glad to know she was not very intimate with those who were recommending her.
From The Titan by Theodore Dreiser
