course
noun
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
has been coursing
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present perfect progressiveof course (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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But in this moment, we saw a flash of the fierce self-possession that we can only assume has been coursing through Swift’s being since day one.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2016
The vitriol that has been coursing through the campaign for months, in television commercials and dueling speeches, played out at exceptionally close range for much of the 90-minute debate.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2012
Water has been coursing down the vale and has frozen to knolls of ice here and there.
From Sword and crozier, drama in five acts by Lee Milton Hollander
Ten years it has been coursing through me.
From The Return of Blue Pete by Luke Allan
