has been piercing
- present perfect progressive of pierce (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Mr. Smith, 37, has been piercing since 1999.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2014
All he has to do, immediately the Adjutant has finished touching up his position, is to move the piece his eye has been piercing throughout the long period of his opponent's cautious deliberation.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 by Various
