bind
verb (used with object)
to fasten or secure with a band or bond.
have been binding
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present perfect progressiveof bind.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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Resilience, stoicism, and community-mindedness have been binding and guiding the nation for centuries.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 22, 2011
Ofcom is due to conclude its report at the end of this month, but its recommendations would not have been binding for Cable.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2010
What tale would this be to remember of a boy's life, that he gave it to buy freedom from a pledge which need never have been binding?
From Lady Baltimore by Wister, Owen
I suppose you have been binding that fellow, father.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
It had been made, they said, by Charles: it might, perhaps, have been binding on him; but his brother did not think himself bound by it.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
