pore
verb (used without object)
to read or study with steady attention or application.
has been poring
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present perfect progressiveof pore (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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A volunteer army of moms has been poring through records from the 1800s in an attempt to prove Clarence Thomas wrong.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
The boy has been poring over Ranger Rick magazine, she said, and can now “go toe to toe with anyone on orangutan knowledge.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2020
Mr. Dominguez has been poring over the tax-reform package that outgoing Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima handed him recently to work out a smooth transition of power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2016
Mr. Obama has been poring through a thick binder of information on potential candidates, the White House has said, but officials have refused to identify the names inside.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2016
The Little Lady has been poring over a first reader, because she has started to school now, and there are lessons almost every evening.
From Hollow Tree Nights and Days by J. M. Condé
