comb
noun
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
have been combing
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present perfect progressiveof comb.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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Investors have been combing Huang’s comments for signs of movement in Nvidia’s effort to sell chips in China, Rhind said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
They have been combing nearby bush and desert for Jefferson Lewis, who was released from prison six days before Kumanjayi Little Baby disappeared and vanished around the same time.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Officials have been combing through social media posts and open letters, some going back over a decade.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Emad al-Falah, an aid worker from Benghazi who arrived in the city on Wednesday, said search and rescue teams have been combing apartment buildings for bodies and retrieving corpses turned back by the sea.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
He might have been combing his hair for all the attention any one paid to this, except myself.
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
