cruise
verb (used without object)
to sail about on a pleasure trip.
has been cruising
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present perfect progressiveof cruise (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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Our state has been cruising along for a very long time with a fleet of ferries that includes boats that are three times as old as my car.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Ever since that “moving day” departure, OSIRIS-REx has been cruising back home.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2023
He has been cruising around the Chesapeake Bay ever since.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
But Zimmer has been cruising through the precursor awards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
She is a British man-of-war; and I daresay she has been cruising in search of these very fellows.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
