water
have been watering
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present perfect progressiveof water.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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But the actual soccer fields that groundsworkers have been watering for months — including through the country’s blistering hot summer — are using desalinated water.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
The groundstaff have been watering, and rolling grass cuttings into the pitch to try to retain that moisture, but if they get the balance wrong then batting could be most uncomfortable on the first morning.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2010
I have been watering the French Republic with my blood.'
From Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"Me and Mrs. Church have been watering the flowers," he said.
From A Master Of Craft by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
