have been telephoning
- present perfect progressive of telephone.
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
Why, here you are, Phoebe," exclaimed Mrs. Buchanan as she hurried into the room just as Phoebe was finishing some of her last paragraphs, "Caroline and I have been telephoning everywhere for you.
From Andrew the Glad by Daviess, Maria Thompson
The men who make these things have been telephoning half the night.
From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French
They have been telephoning all day for it.
From Felix O'Day by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
