have been finishing
- present perfect progressive of finish.
Example Sentences
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While most people have been finishing work and sitting back to enjoy the group stages of the tournament, I am spending hours verifying our needs and arranging trades.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Heavy as it may have been finishing the album after Smith’s death, from the sounds of it, that same familial nature carried through its completion.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Kazan and Mulligan, however, have been finishing each other’s sentences since 2008, after both appeared in the Broadway production of “The Seagull” and remained so close that it concerned “She Said” director Maria Schrader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
Construction crews have been finishing pop-up networking facilities for the business and political elite that descend for the May 22-26 conference.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2022
Or like the spy novels I used to read, on weekends, when I should have been finishing my homework, or like late-night television.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
