quote
verb (used with object)
to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
am quoting
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present progressiveof quote (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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Evilthorpe the Degenerate: I am quoting now from a speech of his from late January 2016: “My whole life I’ve been greedy, greedy, greedy. I’ve grabbed all the money I could get.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2021
"You might think I am quoting from one of my own speeches," said Wendell Willkie last week, reading this little homily at a Republican dinner in his home State of Indiana.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will note the date line of this letter, and I am quoting from your issue of Sept.
From Time Magazine Archive
Little of this was known then—I am quoting from later reports—and none of it was visible from the plane.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
“No, sir. I am quoting General Pickett’s exact words, sir. With fine accuracy, sir.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
