shear
verb (used with object)
to cut (something).
have been shearing
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present perfect progressiveof shear.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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"You know I have been shearing all day, and it is ten o'clock already."
From The Story of an African Farm, a novel by Olive Schreiner
