wire
noun
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
have been wiring
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present perfect progressiveof wire.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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“Who can have been wiring to her from abroad?”
From The Mistress of Shenstone by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
I have been wiring him ever since you started from the coast, and since you became president.
From Captain Macklin by Richard Harding Davis
"No. The telegraph people have been wiring everywhere and can't get any trace of him."
From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde
