sketch
noun
a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
have been sketching
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present perfect progressiveof sketch.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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In recent months, city officials have been sketching out a plan to begin shuttering the sites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
According to dates assigned to drawings by him near the beginning of the show, he could have been sketching figures in frescoes by Giotto and Masaccio in local churches as early as 16.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2017
Greek and Serbian sources have been sketching out the putative route into Europe of another man considered a suspect in the attacks.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2015
GMT06:37 Passport found near bomber travelled through Serbia, Croatia and Austria Mark Rice-Oxley Greek and Serbian sources have been sketching out the putative route into Europe of another man considered a suspect in the attacks.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2015
I have been sketching them, and would fain draw every leaf of their wide shining whorls and every curved and spotted petal.
From My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
