have been fearing
- present perfect progressive of fear.
Example Sentences
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Mercedes' performance also raised questions about whether their season can end up being better than they have been fearing in the first two races.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2023
If so, that’s good news, suggesting that inflation could continue to fall without the wave of job losses that so many forecasters have been predicting, and that Americans have been fearing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
And, as hard as it may be to accept, there are genuine reasons to believe that the midterm elections may not be the democracy-ending bloodbath that so many of us have been fearing.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2022
She said the incident is exactly what neighbors have been fearing amid the recent crime surge.
From Fox News ● Jul. 1, 2021
Kara and I have been fearing we might have to stay here always!”
From The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest by Vandercook, Margaret
