have been ironing

• 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 iron.
  iron

  noun

  a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Fe; 55.847; 26; 7.86 at 20°C.

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have been ironing

I have been ironing hard all day, and sewing, but I heard no lessons.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

We got up at four o'clock this morning, and have been ironing all day.

From Home Life in Germany by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

"There is a good fire in the kitchen, ma'am, if you want to make toast," observed Martha, rising reluctantly from her knees; "I have been ironing Miss Baby's pinnys."

From Doctor Luttrell's First Patient by Rosa Nouchette Carey

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