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
In far northern Alaska and the Arctic, the permafrost is more stable than in the warmer central region, which is characterized by patches of permafrost that have been melting and becoming more unstable.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2020
We have been melting to nothing, like the lump of sugar in one's tea, or rather in one's lemonade, for tea grows to be an abomination before the sun.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
