promise
noun
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one.
am promising
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present progressiveof promise (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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And I am promising never to do anything like that again and asking Please don’t let papou die and swearing It was Clementine’s fault.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
I am promising myself, if all goes well, to get home about Christmas-time.
From My War Experiences in Two Continents by Betty Keays-Young Salmon
I am promising myself to be very good, and not so vain, and to love my enemies—, although I have none now.
From K by Mary Roberts Rinehart
And indeed I am worn almost to a fringe; but I am promising myself a good, long rest after everything is over.
From And So They Were Married by Florence Morse Kingsley
Indeed I shall, and I am promising myself a great deal of pleasure from our correspondence—more, in fact, than I have yet known, for our clandestine meetings have been very galling to me.
From His Heart's Queen by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
