furnish
verb (used with object)
to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
have been furnishing
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present perfect progressiveof furnish.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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It is of the gravest historical significance that Rabelais and Montaigne, but especially that Montaigne, should, to such an extent, for now three full centuries, have been furnishing the daily intellectual food of Frenchmen.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
In the meantime Robert and his friend have been furnishing the designs that we have before us, and of which perhaps the reader will be edified by a brief description.
From The Paris Sketch Book by William Makepeace Thackeray
He had better have been furnishing copy for Phillips than luxuriating in tracing the causes of his imbecillity.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
We have been furnishing our new house, and I told Mr. Atmore that he need not get any pictures for the front parlour, as I would much prefer having them all painted by Marianne.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Chairs, tables, sideboards, &c., were made lately at Messrs. Holland's for a steam yacht of the Emperor of Austria; while Messrs. Jackson and Graham have been furnishing the palace of the Khedive at Grand Cairo.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux
