use
verb (used with object)
to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of.
am using
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present progressiveof use (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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A Moscow court ordered her placed under judicial supervision, barring her from leaving home from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am, using the internet or speaking with witnesses in the case, said her lawyer, Mikhail Biryukov.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Now I am using AI to fix what it helped break.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
I am rationally discounting the unlikely possibilities, I am keeping an open mind, I am using my special, safe swirling method to get the cotton-tipped stick in there.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2025
I am using food banks and hoping to return to employment.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
I am holding a brandy glass which is mine because I am here and I am using it and I have a place in this room.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
