petrify
verb (used with object)
to convert into stone or a stony substance.
am petrifying
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present progressiveof petrify (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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May this letter prove to you and to Madame Agassiz that I am petrifying only at the extremities, —the heart is still warm.
From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz
