monopolize
verb (used with object)
to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
am monopolizing
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present progressiveof monopolize (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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"People will say that I am monopolizing you."
From The Nabob by W. Blaydes
"But I fear I am monopolizing your time; perhaps we should rejoin the others."
From The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson
"But I must protest that I am monopolizing too much of your time, madam," interposed Overtop, conscious that his neglected friends were looking on awkwardly, and waiting for him.
From Round the Block by John Bell Bouton
