separate
verb (used with object)
to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space.
am separating
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present progressiveof separate (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’ve put Hector back in his seat and am separating the meatballs from the sauce on Aurora’s plate because she doesn’t like them touching—when Lenny reemerges from the bathroom.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
When I have a mind that is filled with negative, discordant or inharmonious thoughts, I am separating myself from the full expression of the Divine within me.
From The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It by David V. Bush
I am separating Dora from her sister for her own good.
From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Gertrude W. Morrison
I am separating him from the other kindergarten children, and trying the Montessori method of a private rug and no nervous distraction.
From Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
"But whilst I am not separating from it, I am separating from you, Mynheer Cornelius."
From The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas père
