plague
noun
an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
has been plaguing
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present perfect progressiveof plague (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 preliminary agreement is helping JetZero’s chief executive answer a question that has been plaguing him for years: Is this thing even real?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In this series, several couples are off to a rocky start - issues of attraction, clashing personalities and avoidant behaviour has been plaguing some participants.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
In this latest research, published in Nature, de Heer and his team overcame the paramount hurdle that has been plaguing graphene research for decades, and the reason why many thought graphene electronics would never work.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
Taken as a whole, the data suggested that while the inflation that has been plaguing consumers and bedeviling the Fed for two years remains stubborn, it is also meaningfully slowing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Here's my wife gets no sleep of a night as it is, all owing to that Varney, who has been plaguing us so long.
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest
