am telegraphing
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present progressiveof telegraph (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
telegraphnounan apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
Example Sentences
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These are matters on which I presume Admiral has reported to Admiralty, but I am telegraphing to him to make sure as he is away to-day at Mudros.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Sir Ian Hamilton
"Dear Morris, "I am delighted that your mother and you can dine to-morrow, and I am telegraphing first thing in the morning to see if Miss Madge will make our fourth.
From The Blotting Book by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
"I am telegraphing to Madame de Clericy to return home."
From Dross by Henry Seton Merriman