sweep
verb (used with object)
to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
am sweeping
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present progressiveof sweep (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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"The gentlemen are not here to-day, the studio is closed, I am sweeping up."
From Confessions of a Young Man by George (George Augustus) Moore
When I am sweeping out a room, and my back is turned, I hear her at the door; and when I turn myself about, I just catch a glimpse of her running away.
From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
"The gentlemen are not here to-day, the studio is closed; I am sweeping up."
From Confessions of a Young Man by George (George Augustus) Moore
Heavy losses, instead of fair profits, are the result of a year's tireless efforts, and you find yourself near the bottom of the wheel, while I am sweeping upward.
From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous
He is with me here all the day when I am sweeping the snow.
From The House in Town by Susan Warner
