melt
verb (used without object)
to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
have been melting
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present perfect progressiveof melt.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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But as a result of climate change, many of Norway’s icy areas have been melting.
From NewsForKids.net ● Feb. 19, 2024
Schmidt steered Icefin up into several of the crevasses, and there again, she found the water swirling and blurry, suggesting the ice may have been melting quickly.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2022
A lot of those glaciers have been melting away for decades, creating new rivers as the ice recedes.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2021
Virtue and Moir became household names after capturing Olympic gold on home ice in 2010 and have been melting hearts ever since.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2019
I met Atkinson returning to the dam when you sent him back from town and he’ll know something is up if the workmen have been melting away from camp.
From In the Shadow of the Hills by Shedd, George C. (George Clifford)
