mount
verb (used with object)
am mounting
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present progressiveof mount (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 mounting it," said he, and proceeded to do as he said.
From Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini
"I am mounting guard, Doctor, as you see," she said calmly.
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by George Burnham Ives
I am mounting a long eighteen as a swivel gun, this voyage, in addition to those I carried before.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Perhaps I am dead, and am mounting up to God?
From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Gustave Flaubert
Hope nobody, while I am mounting the steps again, will open the door and let the dog up here for a run, or to “see who it is,” in a professional way.
From Happy-Thought Hall by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
