have been consuming
- present perfect progressive of consume.
Example Sentences
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Cars have been consuming a larger share of the average household income over the past few years.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
The new MIT study suggests living organisms may also have been consuming it.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
Overall, the region's oil refineries have been consuming less crude than a year ago amid lacklustre economic growth, Euroilstock data has shown.
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023
But humans have been consuming these fungi for thousands of years, and some theories suggesting our ancestors even ate them millions of years ago.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
If his blindness was the cause of the loss, his frustration and guilt must have been consuming.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
