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am praising

  • present progressive
    of praise (1st person singular).
    praise
    noun
    the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.

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If so, I am praising Him and obtaining praise and glory for Him.

From Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady by Mother St. Paul

Secondly, when I am praising the Christian Observer.

From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Sir George Otto Trevelyan

Let it not appear that I am praising my own cares, because I seek no other reward for my services except that of rendering them to so great a king.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

Conan: And so I am praising myself, and so will you all be praising me when you will see all that I will do!

From Three Wonder Plays by Lady Gregory

"When I praise virtue do not suppose I am praising myself, but when I blame vice, then believe that it is myself I blame."

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell