tread
verb (used without object)
to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
have been treading
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present perfect progressiveof tread.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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Foreign exchange markets have been treading water while markets weigh policymakers' rhetoric against traders conviction that U.S. interest rates, and the dollar, should fall.
From Reuters ● May 10, 2023
Abrams tanks, but Western leaders have been treading carefully.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Abrams and the German Leopard 2 tanks, but Western leaders have been treading carefully.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
There is no greater illustration of this phenomenon than the behavior of their players on the bench, who have been treading a fine line between enthusiastic and obnoxious.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
"I do believe they have been treading down those wild animals all night."
From The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin by Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale
