interest
noun
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something.
have been interesting
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present perfect progressiveof interest.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 would have been interesting to see what the bipartisan America250 initiative could have come up with if its funding and energies had not been diverted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Jasmin Stadler, a 34-year-old shop owner and Braunau native, said it would have been interesting to put Hitler's birth in the house in a "historic context", explaining more about the house.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
It might have been interesting to hear Trump’s answer.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2025
It would have been interesting to test whether these voiceprints were also found in monk parakeets' native habitats in South America, as this species is invasive in Spain, Westerman said.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2023
It would have been interesting to have been able to identify the Great Elk, but its introduction would have been a glaring anachronism.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry
