steal
verb (used with object)
to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force.
am stealing
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present progressiveof steal (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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“As a writer, I am stealing continually,” Zadie Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
My husband says I am stealing and should leave it where it is.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021
Replied Korngold, “That’s because you are stealing from me and I am stealing from you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2017
“I feel like I am stealing money at this point,” Dennis said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2011
Her fragrant balm the sweet May night O'er hill and vale is breathing, When through the shrubs with footsteps light To the castle I am stealing.
From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
