suspect
verb (used with object)
to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof.
have been suspecting
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present perfect progressiveof suspect.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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Why, for all I know, I may have been suspecting Rainham all this time quite unjustly.
From A Comedy of Masks A Novel by Ernest Christopher Dowson
"So am I, yet I have been suspecting it."
From The Motor Girls by Margaret Penrose
"And all this time you have been suspecting that poor young fellow!" said the major, with a touch of reproach in his voice.
From Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. by Charles King
Why," said Madeline with a light laugh, "I suppose they have been suspecting the wrong party.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
He may even have been suspecting me, his old, and, I fear, too generous employer.
From The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
