misbehave
verb (used without object)
to behave badly or improperly.
have been misbehaving
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present perfect progressiveof misbehave.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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People have been misbehaving at the cinema for as long as cinemas have existed.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2018
You have a right to know why I have been misbehaving these last weeks.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns
But my people have been misbehaving since the time of Lewis the Pious.
From The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben) A Play in Five Acts by Hermann Sudermann
"Oh," said Horace, rather relieved, for he had an ill-defined dread from her opening words that the bottle might have been misbehaving itself in some way.
From The Brass Bottle by F. Anstey
Some of my Commissariat people have been misbehaving?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
