whip
verb (used with object)
have been whipping
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present perfect progressiveof whip.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 wake of the recent news, people online have been whipping up recipes, charcuterie boards and more in an attempt to enjoy brie before it officially bids adieu.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024
Kimm, a Marine cook whose chili the girls remember fondly, would have been whipping up Sunday breakfast for some 300 men when the explosion came.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You have been whipping this horse," exclaimed the surprised father.
From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by William Robert Lee Smith
For two years John Pike must have been whipping the water as hard as Xerxes, without having ever once dreamed of the glorious trout that lived in Crocker's Hole.
From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
"Well, we seem to have been whipping a pretty good part of it," replied the ambassador sententiously.
From The Boy Allies in Great Peril Or, With the Italian Army in the Alps by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
