contend
verb (used without object)
to struggle in opposition.
am contending
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present progressiveof contend (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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While I am contending it may be true, or possible, that is a type of viewer.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2015
You see it is the proper method of inquiry that I am contending for.
From To Infidelity and Back by Henry F. (Henry Frey) Lutz
We see the principle I am contending for carried out in libraries.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 by Various
The doctrine for which I am contending with regard to this paper, has been acted upon by the government of one free country, with regard to all political writings, whatever their intention or nature.
From A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father by William Cooper
What I am contending is that every revolution should be peaceable.
From Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
