check
verb (used with object)
to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly.
am checking
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present progressiveof check (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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By the time we are a few days from Election Day, I am checking them about 10 times a day.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
“Every time I leave my house, I am checking my motion alerts or looking out my window, but I’m not scared. I think it’s a beautiful creature and we should embrace P-22.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
Followed immediately by defiance: Well, if this is going to be my end, then I am checking out on a blissful pound of fresh crab meat and leaving my utility bills unpaid!
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
Peloton is best known for its spin classes, but as I am fundamentally not a bike-in-place-er, I am checking out one of the brand’s latest offerings, the “Tread.”
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2019
“I am checking on some land investments,” he said.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
