admire
verb (used with object)
to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
has been admiring
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present perfect progressiveof admire (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The whole paddock has been admiring the RB20 and in the hands of three-time world champion Max Verstappen, the Red Bull car looks unstoppable.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
Beckham is a fan of Hopkins and said he has been admiring him since he was in college.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
But Al Capp has been admiring Dick Tracy from afar.
From Time Magazine Archive
You've had Iver Verstage here; you've invited him over to paint your Matabel; and here he has been, admiring her, saying soft things to her, and turnin' her head.
From The Broom-Squire by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Hawthorne, who has been admiring both the boat and steersman, now steps aboard and the two friends are soon moving slowly among the lily-pads that line the margin of the river.
From The Lure of the Camera by Charles S. Olcott
