narrate
verb (used with object)
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
have been narrating
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present perfect progressiveof narrate.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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The story of the twenty years following the sack of the capital by Genseric affords only a repetition of the events we have been narrating.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers
Long as I have been narrating all these facts, I assure the reader they did not occupy ten minutes in action, including the monomachia on board of the Lady Jane.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
While I have been narrating Captain Martineff’s history, I have neglected to speak of the condition of the poorer brethren.
From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by R. T. Landells
She had died three years before the events we have been narrating, and had left to her daughter the heritage of her refinement and her beauty.
From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Frederic Homer Balch
I have been talking all the afternoon and have been narrating my sad experience—such as I remember—to the most important people.
From The Green Rust by Edgar Wallace
