maintain
verb (used with object)
am maintaining
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present progressiveof maintain (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 maintaining the Amazon tradition of not commenting on products or ventures until they are public … But I would say there are some gaps in the content market in Asia,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2020
Let no one suppose, that in saying this I am maintaining that all proofs are equally difficult, and all propositions equally debatable.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
Again, History is valuable as an example in the general thesis I am maintaining, because no good history can be written without a great measure of hard work.
From First and Last by Hilaire Belloc
And since we Jesuits are among her leading educators and writers, we have maintained that thesis in thousands of printed volumes, as firmly as I am maintaining it before you to-day.
From Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Charles Coppens
For future advantage, I am maintaining cordial relations with General Aguinaldo, having stipulated submissiveness to our forces when treating for their return here.
From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester
