mar
verb (used with object)
to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil.
have been marring
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present perfect progressiveof mar.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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He sat and stared at the white paper and chewed the pencil which should have been marring its whiteness with stinging paragraphs.
From A Man of Means by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
