dry
adjective
free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet.
am drying
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present progressiveof dry (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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Or the place will be too hot: You might let the fire grow old— Save your fagots for the cold: I am drying through and through.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
No. I am drying a cigar here for my refreshment, in the hot sand.
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by Schonberg, John
"The sun is hot; I am drying up on one side of my body."
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
