have been doctoring
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present perfect progressiveof doctor.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
doctornouna person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
Example Sentences
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Cubs players treaded lightly on the notion Lackey might have been doctoring the ball.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2015
Professor Bettenridge and his accomplice, Webb Nelson, have been doctoring the mines with a powder and an outer shield which dissolves in water.
From Signal in the Dark by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
“Perhaps your friends have been doctoring him overmuch; but I shall judge when I see him.”
From The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela by William Henry Giles Kingston
Ugly, isn't it?" he went on; "and to think I have been doctoring up these fellows for the last thirty years—saving their lives, sir, by wholesale.
From Rujub, the Juggler by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty