have been importuning

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of importune.
  importune

  verb (used with object)

  to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.

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have been importuning

He, 'Sitting Bull,' replied: 'Yes, the crops need rain, and my people have been importuning me to have it rain.

From My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young by James Cox

"I now remember that for a year past you have been importuning me about this!"

From The Daughter of an Empress by Nathaniel Greene

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