select
verb (used with object)
to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
am selecting
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present progressiveof select (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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"In one sense that complicates my job a great deal when I am selecting the team but it's also a guarantee," he added.
From Reuters ● Mar. 4, 2010
Well, I am selecting some books that you must read carefully.
From Jack 1877 by Mary Neal Sherwood
We shall, without doubt, find ourselves often in danger, and I am selecting you to accompany me because already I have found that I could rely upon you.
From Scouting with Daniel Boone by Everett T. Tomlinson
For these reasons I am selecting you to do a deed of trust, one of great importance to me.
From The Hosts of the Air by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
