boil
verb (used without object)
to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid, agitating it as they rise.
have been boiling
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present perfect progressiveof boil.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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Ocean temperatures have been boiling for months as the planet continues it streak of record-breaking warmth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024
"Price pressures have been boiling over in every corner of the economy," it added.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2022
In Neskantaga, a remote fly-in reserve also in northern Ontario, residents have been boiling water for 23 years after a water treatment plant that was built in 1993 broke down.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2018
Food service workers have been boiling any water used for cooking.
From Washington Times ● May 13, 2015
By rights, I suppose, my blood should have been boiling at this treason.
From Prester John by John Buchan
