stimulate
verb (used with object)
to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite.
has been stimulating
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present perfect progressiveof stimulate (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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Books such as “The Elephant in the Brain” show why the experience has been stimulating and fun, and also frustrating and intermittently demoralizing.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2018
It has sometimes been depressing, but it has been stimulating.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2011
The palpitating multitude, which has been stimulating its own excitement, confronts every doubtful moment with an air which says plainly, "Now it's coming."
From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by George William Curtis
So far it has been stimulating, and without external help I've been able to reach the conclusion that my poems were never worth writing....
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
