appreciate
verb (used with object)
to be grateful or thankful for.
am appreciating
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present progressiveof appreciate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Now I am confined to the house all the time and to my bed 75% of the time and I am appreciating the care and attention lavished on me.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he plays a passage, and goes pearling down the key-board, he often looks over at me and smiles, to see whether I am appreciating it.
From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Amy Fay
When he plays a passage and goes pearling down the keyboard, he often216 looks over at me and smiles, to see whether I am appreciating it.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard
