ramble
verb (used without object)
to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner.
have been rambling
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present perfect progressiveof ramble.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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In the first place, they could not; for I should, all the early part of my life, have been rambling and roving about as most bachelors are.
From Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. by William Cobbett
I have been rambling, for you remember I began to tell you about the coming of Hal's artist friend from Chicago.
From The Harvest of Years by Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell
Danvers, in whose territory we have been rambling, is an aggregate of several widely scattered villages taken from Salem in the last century.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
"Oh," said Julius, turning his gaze again out of window, "I have been rambling everywhere, between Dan and Beersheba."
From Master of His Fate by J. Mclaren Cobban
Julia and I have been rambling in the garden.
From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Hannah Webster Foster
