fast
adjective
have been fasting
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present perfect progressiveof fast.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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Humans have been fasting for health reasons and a spiritual boost for thousands of years.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
For the last two years, about 10,000 religious activists have been fasting on the first day of the month to call attention to global warming, according to Caroline Bader of the Lutheran World Federation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2015
For the past two years, about 10,000 religious activists have been fasting on the first day of the month to call attention to global warming, according to Caroline Bader of the Lutheran World Federation.
From US News ● Dec. 1, 2015
Copies of the letter will be delivered to the constituency offices of the three main UK party leaders by three religious figures who have been fasting for 40 days over Easter and Lent.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2014
He would have been fasting for months while waiting for the sea ice to re-form, but he was still twice as big as the bear that had wrecked them before.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
