prospect
noun
Usually prospects
have been prospecting
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present perfect progressiveof prospect.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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We will say two of the visitors have been prospecting, and are reasoning with the third, who appears to have come from that state of the Union "where one must demonstrate."
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith
I have just come down from the mountains, where I have been prospecting.
From The City and the World and Other Stories by Kelley, Francis Clement
"For two years I have been prospecting in the far west."
From The Tempting of Tavernake by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
I have been prospecting for gold in this region lately.
From The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold by Vandercook, Margaret
We have been prospecting up in the gulches of the North Yuba.
From Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by Paget, H. M. (Henry Marriott)
