incubate
verb (used with object)
to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
have been incubating
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present perfect progressiveof incubate.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’s not clear why the doting parents were both absent, “but we are sure they had their reasons as they have been incubating the eggs faithfully,” the nonprofit wrote in its “Eagle Log.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
So these cases would have been incubating since the week before - and possibly since the communal gatherings on VE Day, six days earlier.
From BBC ● May 18, 2020
She’s got fewer chickens and turkeys to sell, because the storm hit when she would normally have been incubating them.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2017
Reformers such as Mr. Sarbanes have been incubating these sorts of proposals for some time.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2015
The latest of those studies was published this week in the journal Science, and what the new investigators reported was eye opening: biology may have been incubating on asteroids long before it arose on Earth.
From Time ● Jun. 30, 2011
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