heave
verb (used with object)
to throw, especially to lift and throw with effort, force, or violence.
have been heaving
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present perfect progressiveof heave.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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Whether they have been in North Carolina or California, these parks have been heaving with new Wrexham converts queuing for player autographs or having their photos taken with cardboard cut-outs of Reynolds and McElhenney.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2023
The Winslow on Goodison Road would have been heaving with Evertonians before and after the Merseyside derby on Monday but never opened its doors because of the suspension of the Premier League.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2020
But the alarming signs sparked a new round of invasion jitters last week, just as the Poles should have been heaving a sigh of relief at having averted a potentially disastrous general strike.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well—but there, you know the rest of the yarn just as well as I can tell it you, for by that time you must have been heaving up over the horizon.
From With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure by Edward S. Hodgson
In its bowels the theological forces have been heaving and tossing, rumbling, thundering and quaking, boiling, and weltering and flaming and smoking for ages.
From Following the Equator, Part 6 by Mark Twain
