reserve
verb (used with object)
to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
has been reserving
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present perfect progressiveof reserve (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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I do not know what Almighty God has been reserving this Western world for through all the ages; but it must be for some grand purpose.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
For several years, she has been reserving this honest coin to pay her funeral expenses; and one cannot help surmising that she must have been distantly related to the late Old Bullion BENTON.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 33, November 12, 1870 by Various
