has been sorting
- present perfect progressive of sort (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Dat, 60, has been sorting plastic in Xa Cau for a decade and said the job "definitely affects your health".
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
She has been sorting through photographs and silver with her daughter, Lisa Nenner Eliseo.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
Ms. Bayley’s photographic and personal archives have been purchased by the Beinecke Library at Yale, and for months she has been sorting through her files.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2019
Ever since Spillane’s death, Mr. Collins has been sorting, assessing, editing and often completing the thousands of pages that Spillane kept in plastic storage tubs at his house in Murrells Inlet, S.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2018
Yes," returned Miss Deborah; "he has been sorting the papers all the afternoon.
From John Ward, Preacher by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
