have been scratching
- present perfect progressive of scratch.
Example Sentences
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Oil analysts have been scratching their heads for months about why prices haven’t risen more.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
"Often the cause of death is put as itch. My thought is that was probably measles and the child would have been scratching uncontrollably," she said.
From BBC ● May 10, 2022
Gerrard will have been scratching his head as to how his side was not comfortably in front by the interval, so he probably knew what was coming in the second half.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
It will come as a blow to Treasury officials and policymakers at the Bank of England, who have been scratching their heads over Britain’s poor productivity performance and hoping for a turnaround.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2016
Can't you see that the poultry have been scratching there?
From Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
