have been reigning
- present perfect progressive of reign.
Example Sentences
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And this is the date when we know from Beowulf that they should have been reigning.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
Would have been reigning now if old Kaiser Wilhelm had not played Aaron's serpent and gobbled up all the little kings.
From Frances Waldeaux by Davis, Rebecca Harding
Almost every authority has a favorite point in time for his habitat; but these dates, not so far apart but that he may well have been reigning in both, will do as well as another.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
Let a compassionate amateur of human poultry imagine what confusion must by this time have been reigning in the poor hen-roost and dove-cote of Eartham!
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Israel was united under her early kings; Saul or David or possibly even Solomon may have been reigning.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
