volunteer
noun
a person who voluntarily offers to perform a service or other undertaking.
have been volunteering
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present perfect progressiveof volunteer.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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Across town at the Helping Hands café - set up by CTT - asylum seekers who can't work legally while their claims are being processed, have been volunteering.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
But by chance he came across the Project Dynamo team, who have been volunteering to help rescue people stranded by floodwaters and damaged roads.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
A group of New York medical students have been volunteering their time to help those on the front lines fighting the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
From Fox News ● May 20, 2020
I have been volunteering at a local Head Start program in my county.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2017
She has recruited dozens of staffers who have been volunteering their time before the launch; her team signed a lease last week on office space in Brooklyn to serve as her national campaign headquarters.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2015
