bring
verb (used with object)
to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker.
have been bringing
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present perfect progressiveof bring.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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Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
“It is a tradition that we have every year. We’ve been walking year after year. And now we have been bringing the new generation, which are my nephews and my daughters,” said Quil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
In recent years, they have been bringing these "big-data" techniques to bear on important social epidemiology problems -- for example, examining factors potentially influencing children's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
His wife's parents have been bringing them flasks of hot water and the family have been eating takeaway food, "which we can't really afford with the cost-of-living at the moment".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023
The wild wind must have been bringing clouds overhead, because suddenly the moon was covered, and darkness swept over the whole landscape—thick clouds, too, for no gleam of moonlight shone through them.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
