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am lending

  • present progressive
    of lend (1st person singular).
    lend
    verb (used with object)
    to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

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Valerie has flat-out told me that if I choose not to divide my share with Jack, I am lending my support to our parents’ bigotry and don’t deserve to call myself a progressive.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2021

Do I feel that my faculties are being used, that I am lending a hand to the great sum of toil?

From The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson

"I am lending money to Lady Ruth," he answered slowly.

From The Malefactor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

He never said, like Jacob, Ephraim, and Manasses, "I am lending you money."

From The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country by A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson

I am lending Peter Still—the book—to my neighbors.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by William Still