clean
adjective
free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained.
am cleaning
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present progressiveof clean (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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Pretend to talk to the alligator, “Hey, Mr. Alligator, you are a toy and I am not afraid of you; I am cleaning you up!”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2018
Like, they will literally drop trash in the middle of a floor when I am cleaning it and expect me to pick it up.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2017
“I saw them and thought, ‘Well, I want to be some kind of combination of what those two people are, and here I am cleaning the bathroom after they use it,’” Mr. Mac remembered.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
I am cleaning out his things to distribute, and there are times I just want to sit and remember him and cry.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2014
I did this from life at a friend's house, and I am cleaning it a bit.'
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
