wave
noun
a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
has been waving
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present perfect progressiveof wave (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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“He has been waving at me, I thought he was just happy to see me,” she joked after locating a lawyer on Zoom.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2020
Beckham has been waving the flag for London 2012 since before its bid beat Paris in an IOC vote in 2005.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2012
Betty Rataj, a trained mathematician, has been waving her hands approximately like someone trying to wash two adjacent windows.
From Time Magazine Archive
For Cadorna in his communiqué of the 25th had cried: "Since yesterday our tricolour has been waving from the summit of Monte Santo!"
From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron
The doctor has been waving his hands before Mamselle's face, and now she's prophesying, and she's telling the truth too.
From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz
