has been etching

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of etch (3rd person singular).
  etch

  verb (used with object)

  to cut, bite, or corrode with an acid or the like; engrave with an acid or the like, as to form a design in furrows that when charged with ink will give an impression on paper.

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has been etching

Grey, growling Lionel, 66 this week, has been etching for years well enough to exhibit with the New York Society of Etchers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Turner has been etching with her daughters in the parlour every morning at half-past six.’ 

From East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

Related Words

• depict
• engrave
• imprint
• incise
• ingrain
• inscribe
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