sneeze
verb (used without object)
to emit air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and audibly through the nose and mouth by involuntary, spasmodic action.
have been sneezing
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present perfect progressiveof sneeze.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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“We have been sneezing and coughing every day, because it comes through the walls and then it stays in the walls,” said Iranesha Anderson, 29, who has four children, two of whom have asthma.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2021
Communist leaders have been sneezing pretty hard lately, and the aerospace industry has been affected accordingly.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wonder if he has caught cold; I am sure that I have; I have been sneezing all the evening.
From The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher by Laurence Alma-Tadema
N-no, not exactly; but I have been sneezing all the morning, and taking camphor and sugar to break it up—if it is a cold.
From Miss Billy's Decision by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
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