prolong
verb (used with object)
to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer.
am prolonging
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present progressiveof prolong (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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We amuse ourselves madly at home so as to forget that we are prisoners, and I am prolonging my holidays in a ridiculous fashion.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by Aimée G. Leffingwel McKenzie
BUT I am prolonging this letter, possibly to your weariness.
From In His Steps by Charles Monroe Sheldon
