perfect progressive

noun

, Grammar.

1. a verb form including the auxiliary have followed by been and a present participle, noting the continuation of an activity or event, its incompleteness or interruption, and its connection to the temporal point of reference, as in I've been waiting for over an hour, They had been talking about her before she came into the room, or In July, he will have been living here for two years.

Example Sentences

“There is no perfect progressive candidate, there is no perfect anyone,” said Yvette Simpson, chief executive of Democracy for America, a political group that is trying to build grass-roots support for the Democratic nominee.

From Seattle Times

Note the present perfect progressive.

From The New Yorker

There you have the perfect progressive definition of personal responsibility: I had no choice but to relieve myself on the sidewalk.

From Wall Street Journal

We have here the perfect progressive policy.

From Wall Street Journal

Present perfect progressive of drive.

From Project Gutenberg