electrify
verb (used with object)
to charge with or subject to electricity; apply electricity to.
have been electrifying
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present perfect progressiveof electrify.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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The event, Mr. Hoyos observes, “must have been electrifying even to well-informed senators.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Oil companies have been electrifying their operations lately, in part because electricity is seen as a more efficient power source than fuels like diesel.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
It had to have been electrifying to be an avid horror aficionado in 1973 and encounter the short story “The Boogeyman” by a fright-foisting upstart named Stephen King.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
But those bursts have been electrifying, and they have been enough to open an unbridgeable chasm between the sides.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2013
The speech might have been electrifying close up, Mr. Conley said, but people near him drifted away before it finished.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2013
