grub
noun
the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
have been grubbing
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present perfect progressiveof grub.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 grubbing in a frantic manner.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by Aimée G. Leffingwel McKenzie
That was the time when Samp should have been grubbing at his law books, but nary a grub for him.
From In Our Town by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
