malign
verb (used with object)
have been maligning
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present perfect progressiveof malign.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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How we all have been maligning Jersey's "Public Benefactor No. 1!"
From Time Magazine Archive
"I think," I head myself saying, "that we have been maligning Marie-Jeanne."
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
And now let me show you how completely you have been mistaken; you will find that the art you have been maligning is the greatest boon of our existence.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
