craft
noun
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill.
has been crafting
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present perfect progressiveof craft (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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For more than 170 years, a small Ayrshire business has been crafting curling stones by hand from a volcanic rock off Scotland’s west coast.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated how many years Epley has been crafting jackets by hand.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
Ana Villalobos, who grew up making hammocks in El Salvador, has been crafting Trump-themed hammocks since 2020.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell has been crafting a bipartisan grant program to preserve and increase local newspaper employment nationwide.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2020
The whole time Kelly has been crafting guitar-based records that draw on garage rock, distorted but jangly electric folk and Velvet Underground-suggestive darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
