trespass
have been trespassing
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present perfect progressiveof trespass.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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In the RGJ's report of Glogovac's letter, he does not deny that the pair might have been trespassing on private property.
From The Verge ● Oct. 20, 2015
“But certainly. I must apologize if I have been trespassing on Lancelot’s preserves.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
"I am afraid we have been trespassing upon your kindness, Mrs. Merton."
From Luke Walton by Horatio Alger
"Ah," said I, glad to set myself right by a piece of frankness that under the circumstances could hardly work to my disadvantage; "then it is your land on which I have been trespassing."
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Bradford Torrey
I conjectured that Carlotta must have been trespassing in the drawing-room and dropped it, Cinderella-like, in her flight, when she heard me enter the house before dinner.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
