cheer
noun
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc..
am cheering
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present progressiveof cheer (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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“He hurt us today but I am cheering for him because he is a real star,” Poland coach Czesław Michniewicz said through a translator.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
But I am cheering that idea on always.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2020
And yet, “way down deep in my bones I am cheering them on,” she says of her impending babies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2018
I am cheering against – and I will forever cheer against – Uruguay because of how they eliminated Ghana in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2018
I wave it at him as though I am cheering on my team at the Olympics.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
