crash
verb (used without object)
to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
has been crashing
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present perfect progressiveof crash (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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Helen Jose, a 21-year-old medical student from India, has been crashing at her friend's for a month after her rent doubled over the summer break.
From Reuters ● Nov. 5, 2022
As Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier notes on Twitter, his game has been crashing repeatedly since installing the update, although it’s unclear which platform he’s playing on.
From The Verge ● Mar. 2, 2022
He has been crashing on a friend’s couch since he was released Jan. 3 but hopes to secure a two-bedroom apartment of his own.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2019
In New York to talk up her collaboration with Marc Jacobs — a first for the Tokyo resident — she has been crashing on her father’s couch for a few nights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2018
The Bombay mail arrived last night, and you know the way everything has been crashing there through speculations in Back Bay shares, cotton, &c.
From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant
