scar
noun
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
have been scarring
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present perfect progressiveof scar.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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“If they had seen that, it would have been scarring, and I don’t know how I could have gotten over that,” he says.
From Washington Post
Learning of this, Mr. Kobach thought of his four daughters and commented, “If they had seen that, it would have been scarring, and I don’t know how I could have gotten over that.”
From Washington Post
