has been ironing

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of iron (3rd person singular).
  iron

  noun

  a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Fe; 55.847; 26; 7.86 at 20°C.

Example Sentences

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has been ironing

Sing Lee has been ironing out collars and shirts for thirty-five years.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben

"Mrs. Bower is lying down, and Beulah has been ironing all the morning."

From Mistress Anne by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

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