has been expectorating

• 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 expectorate (3rd person singular).
  expectorate

  verb (used without object)

  to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.

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