bombard
verb (used with object)
to attack or batter with artillery fire.
have been bombarding
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present perfect progressiveof bombard.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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The scammers who have been bombarding American smartphones with fake messages about packages and toll-road fines have pivoted to impersonating the phone companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Aerial crews have been bombarding the flaming hills with water and fire retardant to hold back the Palisades fire, which has expanded an additional 1,000 acres and is now menacing Brentwood.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
Because strangers have been bombarding the family’s Facebook pages, Haug fears that people will look up their addresses.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021
Ads touting his positions on health care and climate change, as well as his entrepreneurial and political successes, have been bombarding TV markets across the country.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
For a year and a half I have been bombarding Congress with a demand for a bill that would make a campaign, through the schools, against illiteracy.
From Letters of Franklin K. Lane by Louise Herrick Wall
