itch
verb (used without object)
to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected.
have itched
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present perfectof itch.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In turn, Times managing editors have itched for years to seize the Sunday department's talent and curb its independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Considering the saga's seminal literary importance, not to mention all the stuff that blows up, it's surprising that so few filmmakers have itched to put it on the screen.
From Time Magazine Archive
My fingers have itched to shake them ere now.”
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
You are more patient than a dog, for you don't scratch until you have itched for some time.
From An Arkansas Planter by Opie Percival Read
Had he had the freedom of his limbs, he would not have itched, he knew; it happened only when he had to keep absolutely still; he cursed the phenomenon to himself.
From The Passing of Ku Sui by Anthony Gilmore
