utter
verb (used with object)
to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce.
am uttering
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present progressiveof utter (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 remember her once saying to me, as she raised her beautiful figure to its full height, and stretched her hand to the ceiling, “I am always at my best when I am uttering maledictions.”
From Mary Anderson by Farrar, J. M.
Nay," answered Powell, humbly; "it is not my own wisdom I am uttering!
From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
You see how stupid I am, uttering declamation when I meant simply to tell you that I consider your requesting me to come to you as merely dictated by honor.
From Mary Wollstonecraft by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
"And if I am uttering the least word of falsehood, may my mouth be twisted to one side, and may my two eyes drop out of my head," he added.
From Jewish Children by Berman, Hannah
But I see Creon here with clouded brow advancing toward the house, I will cease therefore from the groans I am uttering.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
