wake
verb (used without object)
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
has been waking
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present perfect progressiveof wake (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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Ms. Solomon said she has been waking up at 4:30 a.m. in Tokyo and relying on double-shot lattes to get her through workdays that may go till 11 p.m.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
I feel like the last year of my life has been waking up to see what random, out-of-left-field problem are we going to have to solve today?
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2021
“She says, ‘The Lord has been waking me all night.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2018
In suburban Chicago, Lauren Milligan has been waking up at 4 a.m. since she founded her own career coaching business, ResuMAYDAY, about 15 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2016
Now that Japan has tried conclusions with Russia and has soundly thrashed the latter, great, slumbering China, proud, conservative, but supremely conscious of its latent resources, has been waking up.
From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)
