fish
noun
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
has been fishing
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present perfect progressiveof fish (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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While many anglers will gently hover and twitch the urchin as a finesse-style bait, the young bass phenom and former Journal subject Dylan Quilatan has been fishing the urchin with a more aggressive approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Pedersen, who is 64 and has been fishing for salmon since he was a boy, turned to other work over the past year to make ends meet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
Mr Lunn, a building inspector from Wokingham, has been fishing since he was a child, and carp fishing "since I was about 12".
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
The Pacific islands has the world's largest tuna fishery, where South Korea's long distance fleet has been fishing since 1958, catching 255,226 tonnes in 2021 under licence schemes controlled by the forum members.
From Reuters ● May 27, 2023
Yes, Christ said to Paul, “I will make you a fisher of men if you will follow Me,” and he has been fishing for souls ever since.
From The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons by Dwight Lyman Moody
