prosecute
am prosecuting
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present progressiveof prosecute (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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"I hope the knowledge that I am prosecuting these defendants to the fullest extent of the law will give the family some sense of justice during this time of unimaginable grief."
From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2014
I am prosecuting business on business principles, and I am subject to the same laws of success or failure as other business persons are.
From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
You are making your defence, recollect, and I am prosecuting attorney.
From The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts by Honoré de Balzac
Any information you will kindly afford me, however apparently trivial, may be of service in the affair I am prosecuting.
From Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
After some talk, Euthyphro says, ‘You will think me mad when I tell you whom I am prosecuting and pursuing!’
From Custom and Myth by Andrew Lang
