drink
verb (used without object)
to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
have been drinking
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present perfect progressiveof drink.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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"One of the classic areas is malting and brewing, if you look at Roman Britain you see next to nothing about this, yet people must have been drinking beer."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024
For the past several years, Borland and her husband have been drinking bottled water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
And this river would have emptied out there and animals would have been drinking, you would have had fish and turtles and everything else.
From Salon ● May 11, 2022
He, along with nearly 60 other truckers, have been drinking from fire hoses, struggling to secure food and without a bathroom to wash up in.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
Vincent and Gauguin have been drinking and talking, arguing electrically about art.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
