recruit
noun
a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
am recruiting
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present progressiveof recruit (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 recruiting my resources for a movement into the interior of the hills, in which I shall follow Wilcox’s route, taking with me 15 coolies, for whom I am collecting grain.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
I am recruiting myself," said Porthos, "I am recruiting myself.
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
I got fever after Targai; was invalided home; and here I am recruiting and finishing 144 my book.
From The Mistress of Shenstone by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
I am recruiting again; I believe our regiment won't go abroad this summer.
From Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica by George Birkbeck Norman Hill
