ferry
noun
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
have been ferrying
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present perfect progressiveof ferry.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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US helicopters have been ferrying in aid and US Marines have used a landing craft to deliver supplies from the USS Fort Lauderdale, an amphibious transport dock ship docked at La Guaira.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Saudi warships have been ferrying those fleeing from Port Sudan, on Sudan’s Red Sea coast, which has now become the entry hub for aid sent to the embattled nation.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
The buses have been ferrying people to the rebel-held countryside near western Aleppo through regime-controlled territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2016
The wooden boat they were on is believed to have been ferrying mostly Afghans.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2012
For twenty years I have been ferrying people across this black sea and nobody has come to relieve me.
From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore
