scowl
verb (used without object)
to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
have been scowling
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present perfect progressiveof scowl.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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Light flooded in, and I saw that Char couldn’t have been scowling.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
I think he was grinning, but he may have been scowling.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
You have scarcely spoken a word of your own accord since you came, and you have been scowling like a thundercloud all the time.
From The Portygee by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
