restore
verb (used with object)
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish.
am restoring
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present progressiveof restore (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 restoring it at vast expense - how many people complaining would put their hand in their pocket?"
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2021
The important thing he is doing is for the first time, and he says this in the interview, “Do not say I’m reforming Islam. I am restoring Islam.”
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2017
I feel I am restoring some of the basic elements of Russian ballet.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am not determining a point of law; I am restoring tranquillity: and the general character and situation of a people must determine what sort of government is fitted for them.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
I am not determining a point of law, I am restoring tranquillity; and the general character and situation of a people must determine what sort of government is fitted for them.
From Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America by Edmund Burke
