flare
verb (used without object)
to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
have been flaring
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present perfect progressiveof flare.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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Ever since Stephen Sondheim died last month, certain images have been flaring in my head, so insistently that I have to catch my breath.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Still, Francis is presiding over a church where tensions between European and African Catholics have been flaring.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2015
