decorate
verb (used with object)
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish.
has been decorating
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present perfect progressiveof decorate (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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The group has been decorating Stapleford, in Nottinghamshire, with toppers throughout the year, including 10 festive toppers in the build-up to Christmas.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
“We kept saying, ‘Hey, what’s going on with our delivery?’” said Ms. Branch, a veterinary technician who has been decorating her house for Christmas for seven years.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
The company also decorated a tree in Silver Spring that a neighborhood has been decorating for more than 80 years.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2016
Since 1964, the Metropolitan Museum has been decorating its holiday tree with eighteenth-century angels from Naples: exquisite polychrome figurines, robed in silk, with terra-cotta faces and wings carved of wood.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 21, 2014
She has been decorating since the first day we moved in.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
