glean
verb (used with object)
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
has been gleaning
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present perfect progressiveof glean (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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Kateri has been gleaning them all along in her talks with Anastasia.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth
