pledge
noun
a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something.
have been pledging
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present perfect progressiveof pledge.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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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and others have been pledging a World Bank climate overhaul.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Tech CEOs such as Google’s Sundar Pichai and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have been pledging to boost productivity, calling out low performers and asking their workers to do more.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2022
Congressional Democrats, notably Mr. Schumer, have been pledging for more than a year to consider a bill to update the nation’s pot laws.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
Since the onset of summer, when vaccines rolled out and the county began to reopen, police and political leaders have been pledging to collaborate with community members to make neighborhoods safer.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
She might have been pledging fealty to some adored intimate.
From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown
