preserve
verb (used with object)
to keep alive or in existence; make lasting.
am preserving
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present progressiveof preserve (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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So write me all you will, and if you would like the letters as a record of your travels you shall have them back; I am preserving them.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce
Surely I am preserving the Protestant Church in Ireland if I put it in a better condition than that in which it now is.
From Peter Plymley's Letters, and selected essays by Sydney Smith
Monsieur will pardon me, I am sure, if I adhere—merely for the sake of habit—to the incognito I am preserving in this neighborhood at present.
From The Road to Paris by Robert Neilson Stephens
I am preserving pears which will be delicious.
From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various
O sweetling that I am preserving as a pearl of all price for the greatest warrior of the world, wakest thou or sleepest?
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris
