board
noun
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
have been boarding
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present perfect progressiveof board.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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So many people have been boarding freight trains north that one of Mexico's main railroad operators last week suspended some services, citing fears for migrants' safety.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2023
Suppose you have been boarding or visiting for a month or two in a stranger family, and some one asks you if they live well, what do you understand him to mean?
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
What an odd, pleasant, humorous, melancholy feeling it is to sit in the study, alone and quiet, now all these people are gone who have been boarding and lodging with me for twenty months!
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
But Henrietta and I have been boarding for a good many years now—ever since mother died—and we have seen a good deal of all kinds of boarders.
From Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins
