know
verb (used with object)
to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty.
have been knowing
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present perfect progressiveof know.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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I have been knowing him for 20 years.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2010
The worst part of this punishment must have been knowing in his heart that the accusation was, more or less, true.
From A Book of Quaker Saints by L. V. (Lucy Violet) Hodgkin
"Knowing me just as I am, just as I have been, knowing my brother and his people, you know well yours could not welcome me."
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King
Judith was tremendously surprised, although she should not have been, knowing her brother's customary acquiescence in whatever she dictated.
From Thirty by Howard Vincent O'Brien
You see, they have been knowing lots of people all their lives and I haven't.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
