forget
verb (used with object)
to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall.
have been forgetting
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present perfect progressiveof forget.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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And people have been forgetting that he wasn’t successful when I was growing up.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2018
And all this time I have been forgetting the Italian fleet, which lies yonder beneath me.
From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Charles James Lever
So much have I enjoyed my talk with you that I have been forgetting to look after your safety.
From The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
But I find I have been forgetting that those for whom I write are young—too young to understand this.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald
But really I have been forgetting my errand.
From Trial and Triumph by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
