have been protecting
- present perfect progressive of protect.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“But neither are the lives of the elected leaders and support staff that we have been protecting, the historic and symbolic buildings they work in or the processes of democracy they represent.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2021
He is the one who should have been protecting his little girls from their mother.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2021
“When they should have been protecting all of us workers and residents, they basically left us exposed, abandoned.”
From Washington Times ● May 28, 2020
This week Endframe fires Seth Lee, its computer security expert, the guy who should have been protecting its systems from hacks.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2015
And you and I are a couple of idiots, and we have been protecting her when she did not want to be protected.
From Doctor Claudius, A True Story by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
