have been breathing
- present perfect progressive of breathe.
Example Sentences
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"It would also mean that people across the UK have been breathing in far more harmful emissions from these vehicles than they were told about, potentially putting the health of millions at risk."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
For years, Danish authorities have been breathing down the necks of the downtown community.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
"The nurses said she really should not have been breathing on her own. They were about to take her to the NICU," said Robertson.
From Fox News ● Jul. 7, 2021
Later she realized that her mask had gaps and she may have been breathing in radioactive dust.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2021
Because the atmosphere of the assembly is more searching than that which we have been breathing during the week.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)
