observe
verb (used with object)
to see, watch, perceive, or notice.
am observing
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present progressiveof observe (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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Nevertheless, making its acquaintance was darkly fascinating because even when I cannot fix something, understanding what I am observing reassures me.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Not long before, he had written in his notebook, “I am observing life and the approaching conclusion of my life and I see a long, long desolation about me, now at the end.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
Yet here I am, observing on my own Snap Map friends around the world – some of whom, I see, have recently moved house.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2017
But I am observing the self-evident fact that film has exceptional — maybe even unique — power to shape and inform our norms, expectations and desires.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2017
While I am observing the small robot, something happens.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
