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
In the early days, actually through much of 2020, when people were recommending avoiding indoor gatherings, we were very dismissive of people gathering in churches, kind of dismissed it as not-an-essential thing.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024
Gunnar Wilhelmsen, mayor of the city of 77,000, said authorities were recommending using face masks, social distancing and working from home.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Do you know," she broke in, "you're talking to me about Mr. Grant as if you were recommending a chauffeur.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
