has been floating
- present perfect progressive of float (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Some have taken pieces of the blue coating that has been floating in the water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Libyan port officials said initially that the tanker had sunk, but it has been floating, unmanned and dangerous ever since.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
One initiative he has been floating this week is housing reform, telling reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he’s even considering a national emergency on housing.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
I know that his former adviser, the influencer Steve Bannon, has been floating that for a while, largely based upon some very fringe ideas from an activist lawyer named Mike Davis.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2025
The mariner, who has been floating for days on a wreck at sea, could scarcely be more rejoiced at a friendly sail, than I was on entering the low building.
From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard
