reap
verb (used with object)
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
am reaping
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present progressiveof reap (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 am reaping the benefits from his labor, from his resilience, from his tenacity, from his ambition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
We lived a responsible life, maxed retirement from the start, and now I am reaping the rewards.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2021
Now, I am reaping the reward of my wise action.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
I have sowed folly, and now I am reaping the crop.
From The Silent House by Fergus Hume
The play of chances which brings up a ternion or a quaternion is nothing compared to what has been required to prevent the combination of which I am reaping the fruits from being disturbed.
From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan
