run
verb (used without object)
to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
am running
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present progressiveof run (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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All this is to say that I feel pressured by my husband’s diagnosis, I am running out of time — and overwhelmed trying to plan an extended trip while also considering the costs.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
“I just remember thinking to myself, ‘Well, I’m not doing some of those things, but I am running a marathon.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
"I am running farther than I ever have," she says proudly.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
“I am running because I am sick of the complacency of our top leaders,” Fain said during a virtual candidates forum during the pandemic.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2023
“I am,” he confessed, “but I am running to and you are runningfrom, and there’s a world of difference there.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
