withhold
verb (used with object)
to hold back; restrain or check.
am withholding
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present progressiveof withhold (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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Two journalists still working for RFE/RL in Afghanistan, whose names I am withholding for their safety, described to me the horrors they have faced over the past year.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
And though I’m as prone to melancholy as every other person I know, I don’t find it plausible that I am withholding, or absent on account of mood — another favored theory.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2019
My parents look normal from the outside, so they demonize me to the family and make me look like I am withholding important time with their only grandchild.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2013
“I am withholding judgment,” the President told reporters.
From Time ● Nov. 15, 2012
Once in a while now, he is very inquisitive, evidently thinking that I am withholding something from him.
From From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
