plow
noun
an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
have been plowing
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present perfect progressiveof plow.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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Brazilian investors have been plowing money into fixed income assets as benchmark interest rates reached 13.75%.
From Reuters ● Dec. 27, 2022
Companies have been plowing more of their cash into buying their own stock even as they’ve grappled with rising inflation, higher interest rates and the potential for stunted economic growth.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
I have been plowing so I could set peach trees, but I have been told that they will not grow.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
From Diary:—For a day or two we have been plowing among an invisible vast wilderness of islands, catching now and then a shadowy glimpse of a member of it.
From Following the Equator — Part 1 by Mark Twain
