has been reading
- present perfect progressive of read (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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He has been reading Theodore Dreiser novels including “The Titan,” part of a trilogy about a ruthless businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
In addition to working with a renown quarterbacks coach, USC’s Jayden Maiava has been reading motivational books and meditating in an effort to improve his game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
“For the past six years, the public has been reading and hearing a prosecution and muckraking narrative about this case that is simply fundamentally wrong,” Morrison wrote in an email.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Dame Jacqueline Wilson has been reading to animals at an East Sussex zoo to mark World Book Day.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
He has been reading the Vercors—he has read Le Silence de la Mer, The Silence of the Sea—the French Resistance tract, at my recommendation!
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
