express
verb (used with object)
to put (thought) into words; utter or state.
have been expressing
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present perfect progressiveof express.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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On social media, people have been expressing shock, disappointment and anguish that it’s all happening again.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
So many women of a certain generation admired Sinéad and her music and have been expressing their feelings about her passing on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Aphids are probably not harmful if accidentally ingested, which some city types have been expressing is a concern if they walk down the street with jaws agape.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
I bring this up because city leaders have been expressing crisis-level concerns of late about the rise in traffic accidents and deaths in Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Yet the author of Philip van Artevelde, I shall be told, has evidently taken a very different view of the powers and functions of the drama at this day than what I have been expressing.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various
