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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So you have been suspecting me for some time and hiding your suspicions!
From Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman
I have been suspecting something of this sort," she exclaimed; "but I did not dream of such audacity.
From A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Blair said: "I have been suspecting that for some time."
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by John M. Schofield
"And this is the girl we have been suspecting of dishonesty!" said Etta.
From Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life by Margaret E. Winslow
"So am I, yet I have been suspecting it."
From The Motor Girls by Margaret Penrose
