has been forming
- present perfect progressive of form (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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On the three-year weekly chart, the stock is nearing support within a bullish ascending triangle that has been forming since mid 2024.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
The peat here runs to a depth of at least nine metres, which means it has been forming for more than 9,000 years and sequestering carbon for all that time.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
The familiarity for Kendricks is gone, but a new bond has been forming quickly with Hicks.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
A small tributary stream that once flowed into the Madison River now flows into Quake Lake where a delta has been forming since.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
A certain little storm cloud," said Theodore, "has been forming, rather threateningly, in the atmosphere of this Serapion Brotherhood of ours.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
