am washing
- present progressive of wash (1st person singular).
Example Sentences
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“Some people have criticized me, saying I am washing the country’s dirty laundry in public,” Mr. Li said in 2018.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2020
“I am washing my hands of the consequences of these irresponsible actions,” bin Hafez’s letter said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2019
Here I am washing my hands and the cracked mirror shows me to myself, suspended as it were, in time; this is me, this moment will not pass.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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The girl answered, "Wait, I am washing my little brother."
From Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People by Grinnell, George Bird
Why, sometimes at the Home I am washing from morning till night, aber I ain't kicking none.
From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague