embark
verb (used without object)
to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
am embarking
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present progressiveof embark (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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But I have discovered the error of my snobby ways and am embarking on a science-fiction education.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2011
I am embarking 7th Division and portion of Cavalry Division to-day, but I cannot get report from Antwerp on the military situation from which I can decide where they should be disembarked.
From 1914 by John Denton Pinkstone French, Earl of Ypres
But I am not acting as I said I would do, for I am embarking on a statement of the reasons for my opinion.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage; but what returns will be made for them heaven alone can foretell.
From Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched by John Frederick Schroeder
I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people and a good name of my own on this voyage; but what returns will be made for them, Heaven alone can foretell.
From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing
