forget
verb (used with object)
to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall.
has been forgetting
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present perfect progressiveof forget (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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Lately, she said she has been forgetting things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2021
He has been forgetting right along whether he put salt in the hash or not, and each time he wasn’t sure he did it again.
From The Gold Trail by Harold Bindloss
It seems that one Daniel Merrithew has been forgetting he is a mere steamship captain.
From Dan Merrithew by J. V. McFall
Lance has been so unreasonable about this matter of the railroad’s coming up the valley and powwowing so much with lawyers and ranchers that he has been forgetting about everything at home.
From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
