deck
have been decking
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present perfect progressiveof deck.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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For years now, retailers have been decking their halls for the crucial holiday shopping season in hope that customers will finally shed the tentative attitude about spending that became entrenched in the recession.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2015
Come up, then, fair Catherine and brave Count;—appear, gallant Brock, and faultless Billings;—hasten hither, honest John Hayes: the former chapters are but flowers in which we have been decking you for the sacrifice.
From Catherine: a Story by William Makepeace Thackeray
"I do hope he will not think I have been decking myself out to draw attention," was my uneasy aspiration.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
