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am contending

  • present progressive of contend (1st person singular).

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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

But I am contending that the dog is immortal, hence my assumption at the very start, that though dead, he may record his sensations.

From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues

You see it is the proper method of inquiry that I am contending for.

From To Infidelity and Back by Lutz, Henry F. (Henry Frey)

As regards the current in a wire, they confirm everything that I am contending for.317.Annals of Philosophy, 1816. viii. p.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael

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