bottle
noun
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
have been bottling
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present perfect progressiveof bottle.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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But the roots of many natural skin care solutions can be traced to Europe, where alternative medicine practitioners have been bottling botanical tinctures and homeopathic remedies for centuries.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2018
I am under the impression they have been bottling him up, and if I am correct, you might get a better race out of him than many people would anticipate.
From The Second String by Nat Gould
You must have been bottling up for a bad breakdown before you started for New Hampshire last December.
From Short Stories for English Courses by Rosa Mary Redding Mikels
