believe
verb (used without object)
to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so.
have been believing
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present perfect progressiveof believe.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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All summer long I have been trying to remember something; something untrue that you have been believing, some falsehood for which I was responsible.
From Story of Waitstill Baxter by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
We have been believing that in this our native land, the road of merit is the road to success—say happiness.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
"That is what I believe," said he, "and I have been believing it."
From Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter by Frank Richard Stockton
Husband, depend upon it we have been believing a great lie.
From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Nehemiah Adams
There are about one hundred and seventy-six millions of Mohammedans who believe this, and who have been believing it, and making their pilgrimages, since and even before the year 620 A.D.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 16, February 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
