pour
verb (used with object)
to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something.
am pouring
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present progressiveof pour (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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It’s as if she’s saying, I am pouring sunshine onto this institution because people say there’s nothing they can do about it, or they don’t understand it, because they can’t see it.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2025
I am pouring myself into that well; I block it up with my sympathy, my empathy, my acute feeling for your anxiety.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2013
And I am pouring my whole heart into my work.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
"I am pouring oil upon the waters," replied the young horseman in the same language.
From The Day of Wrath by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
And you can laugh about such a matter when I am pouring out my very soul to you?
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
