relieve
verb (used with object)
to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
am relieving
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present progressiveof relieve (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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"Because I shall have the daily satisfaction of knowing that I am relieving you of an anxiety."
From With Edged Tools by Henry Seton Merriman
His steps die away, followed by those of the sleepy sentry whom I am relieving.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray
My dear, I am relieving my feelings, just as you relieved yours a short time ago.
From Light O' the Morning by L. T. Meade
I hope I do not break your heart, my dearest Fanny, by these particulars; I mean to afford you gratification whilst I am relieving my own feelings.
From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by William Austen-Leigh
