eat
verb (used with object)
to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
have been eating
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present perfect progressiveof eat.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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In others, companies have been eating those costs and accepting lower profits, the Fed said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Sourdough is the oldest kind of leavened bread in recorded history, and people have been eating it for thousands of years.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024
Animals in a Ugandan forest have been eating bat poo laden with viruses after tobacco farming wiped out their usual food source, a study has found.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
Gilmore posits that insects have been eating the rotting plant material, and naturally giving themselves a dose of the antibiotics in the process.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
‘I have been eating feces like I always do,’ Dog answered.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
