free
adjective
enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery.
has been freeing
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present perfect progressiveof free (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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Being polyamorous has been freeing for Gabriel Strange-Wood, 53, and his partner Christina Lydia Strange-Wood, 47, they say.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
In a way, that realization has been freeing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Asked in the interview, they say the diagnosis has been freeing, in a way.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
This has been freeing to think about because there has been so much denial about the reality of the relative present of the past hundreds of years.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
This has been freeing in other parts of my life as well.
From The Verge ● Apr. 12, 2018
