am owing

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of owe (1st person singular).
  owe

  verb (used with object)

  to be under obligation to pay or repay.

Example Sentences

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am owing

"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

"The next thing is the bit money I am owing to Cluny," I went on.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson

“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 am owing you five dollars, but inclose fifteen, which I beg you to accept, with my thanks for your services, and my best wishes for your happiness and prosperity."

From Herbert Carter's Legacy 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

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• incur