wipe
verb (used with object)
to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of.
am wiping
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present progressiveof wipe (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 am wiping a tear from my eye.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2010
A few hours ago, some well-fed butt was straining away on this toilet seat, and now here I am wiping up after it.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
I am wiping my forehead with the hem of my shirt, standing on a branch, when I hear the sound.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Philipp was my betrothed, and he kissed me—" She wipes her mouth and continues, laughing: "Here I am wiping my mouth even now.
From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Herman Bernstein
I am wiping out the shame of the latter one.
From Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... by Rafael Sabatini
