brush
noun
an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.
has been brushing
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present perfect progressiveof brush (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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Team principal Frederic Vasseur has been brushing them aside.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Renard has played her entire club career in France, yet has been brushing up on her English for the World Cup.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Lauren Chouinard, a 27-year-old digital marketing manager in Capitola, Calif., has been brushing twice a day for three months with a charcoal toothpaste she bought online for $15.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2018
Though he has been brushing aside questions about whether he has plans to retire, he has begun to take an openly reflective perspective on his career.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2014
Then he places the clothes he has been brushing on the Beau's chair in a ridiculous semblance of a man.
From The Harlequinade An Excursion by Dion Clayton Calthrop
