glance
verb (used without object)
to look quickly or briefly.
have been glancing
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present perfect progressiveof glance.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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"I have been glancing over the names you put forward to take your place as Commander of the City Watch."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
"I have been glancing into some of the rooms. Let's go to Coney Island, old sport. In my car."
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Countess had an open volume in her hand; she appeared to have been glancing down a page which failed to strike her as interesting.
From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James
I came in a few minutes ago," he explained, in answer to my look, "and have been glancing around upstairs.
From The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story by Burton Egbert Stevenson
But all this conducts us, naturally and simply, to another of those moral conditions at which we have been glancing in this series of papers.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh
