freeze
verb (used without object)
to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
has been freezing
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present perfect progressiveof freeze (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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Matson, who is from Whitchurch, runs Nature's SAFE, a charity that has been freezing cells from some of the world's most endangered animals.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
She has been freezing tuna in ice cube trays this week to lower her cat’s temperature from the inside, and giving it cold baths, which she says it does not like.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2022
For two months, she has been freezing her excess milk in bottles.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2022
For 13 years Haseltine has been freezing champions into stone and bronze as accurately as a Stone Age man graphing a bison on his cave wall.
From Time Magazine Archive
I know I have been without a place to lie down when it has been freezing to split stones, and the snow was a foot deep.
From Within an Inch of His Life by Émile Gaboriau
