drive
verb (used with object)
to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive back an attacking army;
am driving
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present progressiveof drive (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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"If I am driving a boat and blow an engine, I'm swimming to Venezuela."
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
“That is killing us. I am driving with tears in my eyes because I miss her.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
My normal response would be something like What do you want? or I am driving the car; of course, it's mine.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023
I am driving in the California hills high above Malibu, in a deep-blue electric Audi E-tron, and I turn onto a pitch-black winding road.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
I am driving and going seventy-two and praying not to get a ticket and playing Metaphysical I Spy.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
