have been rubbing
- present perfect progressive of rub.
Example Sentences
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If England had been told they would play an Australia team without all of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon, they would have been rubbing their hands with glee.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
The Swiss Valais Blacknose have been rubbing themselves against the red feeder while eating, turning heads at Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2022
The residents of Wrexham have been rubbing their eyes in disbelief for a while.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
Photograph: Scanpix Sweden/Reuters They must have been rubbing their hands in Cannes this week as Lars von Trier lifted the veil on his latest film project, Melancholia.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2010
I could smell permanent marker and something that might have been rubbing alcohol, but no one was bleeding or crying.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
