skate
noun
have been skating
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present perfect progressiveof skate.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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Both are 15 and have been skating together since they were 4.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2022
Brandon Tanev and Riley Sheahan have been skating with Bastian, but Mason Appleton is fighting or one of those spots as well, and that trio worked together on Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
Most NHL players have not been on the ice since the league halted its schedule, although some, including a number of Swedish players who returned home, have been skating in recent weeks.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2020
They have been skating together for almost a decade but missed the 2014 Olympics after sitting out much of the previous season because of an injury to Sui.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2016
There was to have been skating, but the warmer weather and the snow had made that impossible.
From Mistress Anne by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson
