mind
noun
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc..
have been minding
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present perfect progressiveof mind.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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Civil servants who have been minding the shop at Stormont for nearly two years will meet their new ministers provide them with their day-one departmental briefs.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
While it was minding everyone else's business, Laventhol & Horwath apparently should have been minding its own.
From Time Magazine Archive
Somewhere in this subdued family din I was presumed to have been minding my own business for many hours.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
While we have been minding our work the Nationalists have been agitating.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
She played among the lumber where he worked, and he watched her so intently that he scarred his shinbone with an adze he should have been minding.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley
