owe
verb (used with object)
to be under obligation to pay or repay.
am owing
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present progressiveof owe (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 have a position, but it does not pay me very much yet,” said the young fellow, “and—and—I am owing considerable, and—I need some things.”
From The Debtor A Novel by William Dodge Stevens
"I haven't a cent, and am owing two hundred dollars in Philadelphia."
From The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus by Horatio Alger
“If ye only knew what ye have saved me from—and what I am owing ye—” Her hands fell, and she looked at him with a sudden shy concern.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
I fear you are only losing your time in New York, and that I shall be left in debt for what I am owing the firm.
From Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley
“The next thing is the bit money I am owing to Cluny,” I went on.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
