desolate
adjective
barren or laid waste; devastated.
have been desolating
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present perfect progressiveof desolate.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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A royal seigniory, lost on the confines of Gaul, it has not yet suffered from the disasters of war that for more than a half century have been desolating the center of the country.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
