telephone
noun
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
have been telephoning
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present perfect progressiveof telephone.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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Many people have been telephoning instead, but staff on the wards are run ragged at the moment.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2020
The cadet said angry parents and alumni have been telephoning the school relentlessly.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2012
Here I have been telephoning and planning a good time for you, and you begin to seem as icebergy as you seemed at Yarmouth last summer.
From Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' by Helen Leah Reed
They have been telephoning all day for it.
From Felix O'Day by Francis Hopkinson Smith
While you have been chasing the dogs over the fields and playing baseball," he winked at Bob, "I have been telephoning to the city for a radio set—a corking fine one—for Dick's birthday.
From Walter and the Wireless by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
