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
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
For at least three decades, directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been pledging to get back to following the science.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
And Britain is among countries that have been pledging this week to end all investment in new power generation from coal, internationally and domestically.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
She might have been pledging fealty to some adored intimate.
From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown
