watch
verb (used without object)
to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens.
am watching
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present progressiveof watch (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’m supposed to be working; instead I’m watching World Cup. I’m supposed to be doing chores; instead I am watching World Cup.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“I am tending to label any new or good ideas as associated with the project,” she noted, “because I am watching my dreams and my dreams are being theoretically fertile at the moment.”
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2024
But here I am watching the creepy childhood horror film classic "Coraline" for the first time at 24 and enjoying it.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023
I am watching how significant to them is our ability to name emotions,how much they want to understand, be understood.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2023
I am watching the centuries pass in moments because suddenly I understand time, which is spinning and fixed like the North Star.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
