recuperate
verb (used without object)
to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
has been recuperating
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present perfect progressiveof recuperate (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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California’s longest serving senator has been recuperating from painful shingles for two months and has missed roughly 60 votes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Budenholzer has been recuperating after having replacement surgery on his right ankle during the offseason.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
Johnson has been recuperating at Chequers Court, the country home of Britain’s prime minister – a U.K. equivalent to the United States’ Camp David.
From Fox News ● Apr. 26, 2020
He has been recuperating from the virus at his country retreat, Chequers.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2020
Ferdinand, Tsar of Bulgaria, great grandson of Philippe Egalité, finding Sofia unhealthy, has been recuperating at Vienna.
From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
