relate
verb (used with object)
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
am relating
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present progressiveof relate (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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Now I pursue my sad story; and I will try never to forget that I am relating a true history, which everybody knows; which all the world has seen.
From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre
But, while I am relating to you the advantages of these establishments, time flies apace: 'tis six o'clock.—If you are not disposed to drink more wine, let us have some coffee and our bill.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
They are my faults, my dear George, and not yours, that I am relating.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
Not that I have not seen and plainly seen all that I am relating; but measuring has nothing to do with the case.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The conversation I am relating took place the moment after we had entered the flat.
From Number Seventeen by Tracy, Louis
