gamble
verb (used without object)
to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
has been gambling
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present perfect progressiveof gamble (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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Michael John McLeod, a Fairfield, Conn., man who has been gambling on “CS:GO” since 2014, filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2016
The news that the Internet is fast approaching mass-market proportions was well received on Wall Street, which has been gambling wildly on Internet-related stocks in recent months.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jim Ling, to be sure, has been gambling on vast success?or flamboyant failure?ever since 1946, when he began building a tiny electrical-contracting business into a huge conglomerate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your mother's eyes are bad again; and your brother Berkeley has been gambling, and seems to think I ought to pay his debts for him.
From An Unsocial Socialist by Bernard Shaw
"Fox," she said then abruptly, "Charlie has been gambling."
From Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins
