sell
verb (used with object)
to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price.
am selling
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present progressiveof sell (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 selling the jewelry and trying to understand how I determine the cost basis — her death or his death?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
"Now I am selling at a loss and hardly get any customers."
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
“I am selling almost all physical possessions,” he tweeted three days before X was born.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
On the Idealista website on which the property is listed, the owner, who is in his 80s, states that "I am selling because I am an urban-dweller and cannot maintain the upkeep" of the village.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2022
“I am selling these to the girls for $6, $7, and $8 apiece,” she said.
From Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by George Jackson Kneeland
