has been biting
- present perfect progressive of bite (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The rising cost of living has been biting into household budgets for months, with energy, food and fuel prices putting pressure on personal finances.
From BBC ● May 16, 2023
She has been biting off a little more than she was able to chew in Group One company of late, without ever being disgraced.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2012
Lately their favorite game has been biting each other, and they know that the punishment for this is being sent to Coventry.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It's all over with the old black horse," said the bailiff, in great concern; "he has been biting and kicking like mad, and now he is gasping his last."
From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav
Mr. Guppy has been biting his thumb-nail during this dialogue, generally changing the thumb when he has changed the cross leg.
From Bleak House by Dickens, Charles
