am rushing
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present progressiveof rush (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
rushverb (used without object)to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
Example Sentences
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I am rushing to enlist; I am leaving the farm in your hands until my return from service in this glorious cause.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
And yet here I am, rushing to my computer late on a Saturday night because I couldn’t not write about him.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2018
At age 87, I am rushing like crazy to do a lot of makeup.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2015
But I will forever be able to quote verbatim the words of the critic who concluded a damning review with the remark that I write like I am "rushing to finish an undergraduate essay".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2011
What I see is like the entrance to a tunnel, rushing away from me; or I am rushing away from it, away from that spot of daylight.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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