ride
verb (used without object)
to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
have been riding
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present perfect progressiveof ride.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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Even if you have been riding the semiconductor wave with an index fund this year, it hasn’t been fun to watch your brokerage account decline so much in less than three weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
I have been riding motorcycles for 21 years and Ducatis for 20.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Technology firms have been riding to ever-higher levels this year -- dragging equity markets with them as companies pump hundreds of billions of dollars into all things linked to artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
“Some of my clients have been riding the deadline,” said Denise Sze, an attorney who is the president of the Pacific Coast Assn. of Public Insurance Adjusters, a trade organization for public adjusters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
“I have been riding horses since I was six years old.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
