ping
verb (used without object)
to produce a sharp sound like that of a bullet striking a sheet of metal.
have been pinging
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present perfect progressiveof ping.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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Search aircraft from the U.S. and Canada have been scanning the surface, while sonar buoys have been pinging the depths in hopes of locating the lost submersible.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
Special Immigrant Visa program, while frantic messages of the Taliban hunting them down have been pinging the phones of the American soldiers they helped on the battlefield.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
Poems from Wright’s forthcoming “Shallcross,” have been pinging around the Internet faster than editors can post them: here’s a good long one about “An impossible child / No one could break or resist.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2016
