inspect
verb (used with object)
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically.
am inspecting
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present progressiveof inspect (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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I am inspecting drawers, and I am late to-day.
From Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's by John Goss
Just now I am inspecting and sorting the skins after they are tanned.”
From The Story of Leather by Sara Ware Bassett
If I am not, it will be because I am inspecting a road section.
From The Golden Skull by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
