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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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
"I am mounting guard, Doctor, as you see," she said calmly.
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by George Burnham Ives
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
"I am mounting it," said he, and proceeded to do as he said.
From Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini
Then I rise:—a great murmur of curiosity while I am mounting the stand.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay