were recommending
- past progressive of recommend.
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
Rozmid, whose procedure took place in Los Angeles, barely even realized that’s what her doctors were recommending: “I didn’t even think about laws or legislation,” she says.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
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
This with an air as though she were recommending a quiet pony.
From Thelma by Corelli, Marie
