interfere
verb (used without object)
to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed bywith ).
has been interfering
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present perfect progressiveof interfere (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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The U.S. senior diplomat is on a visit to Kigali less than a week after it emerged United Nations experts had found "solid evidence" Rwanda has been interfering militarily in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2022
My stepmother has been interfering with and complicating my relationship with my dad for 30 years now.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2021
Cherie is furious when she discovers that Alison has been interfering behind her back.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019
I recognize this youth as the person who has been interfering with my business time and again during the week.
From Sketches New and Old, Part 6. by Mark Twain
I cannot quite make it out from what she says, but I fear that she has been interfering where she had no business, and making a goose of herself.
From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
