reserve
verb (used with object)
to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
am reserving
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present progressiveof reserve (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 reserving judgment until I am able to review the final text and consult with my colleagues and my constituents,” he said in a statement.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2015
I am reserving my opinion on whether it is successful until I see whether it results in any unnecessary deaths.
From Time Magazine Archive
Heh, heh, I am reserving still greater surprises for America in my book.
From Time Magazine Archive
My card is filled—but I am reserving a boon for you!
From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Meredith Nicholson
"Pray excuse me, Commodore," replied the steward, "but I am reserving the only two which remain for the Captain of the galleon."
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Léon Benett
