instruct
verb (used with object)
am instructing
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present progressiveof instruct (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 instructing him not to answer these questions based on his Fifth Amendment rights, and I don’t believe any competent counsel could advise him otherwise,” Dindinger said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
And today I am instructing the young, unlocking the lessons of great texts.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am instructing the authorities at all ports east of Suez to apprehend one of your second-class passengers, should he leave the ship.
From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer
I am instructing all the shops with which you may have occasion to do business to send accounts to Nevin.
From The Orchard of Tears by Sax Rohmer
I am instructing this novitiate spirit who accompanies me, in the relation between the spiritual and the natural worlds.
From In Both Worlds by William Henry Holcombe
