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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For some months past I have been rambling over the country, but I am now confined with some lingering complaints, originating, as I take it, in the stomach.
From Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists by Asa Don Dickinson
Sir, For some months past I have been rambling over the country, but I am now confined with some lingering complaints, originating, as I take it, in the stomach.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
Where I may have been rambling, all these years, in the persuasion I was in it already, I have by no means any clear notion!
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
We have been rambling all morning through its winding streets, stopping sometimes at a church to see the dusty tombs and shrines or to hear the fine music which accompanies the morning mass.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
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
