pave
verb (used with object)
to cover or lay (a road, walk, etc.) with concrete, stones, bricks, tiles, wood, or the like, so as to make a firm, level surface.
am paving
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present progressiveof pave (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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“Justly thought; rightly said, Miss Eyre; and, at this moment, I am paving hell with energy.”
From Jane Eyre by F. H. Townsend
Having thus far ventured to speak for my colleagues, you will conclude that I am paving the way for speaking next of myself.
From Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time by Wilkie Collins
I am paving the way for a reconciliation, but we must not irritate him more.
From Josephine Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
