are belting
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present progressiveof belt.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
beltnouna band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
Example Sentences
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That's because Coventry's supporters are belting out another song.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024
We may think we’re living in a purely realistic drama but our inner lives are belting à la Ethel Merman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
Then again, it was mentioned to him that with the way the Mariners are belting home runs this season, his baserunning might be more trotting than sprinting.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
While most of them, including Streisand's half sister, Roslyn Kind, have got lost en route, three are belting along toward the top.
From Time Magazine Archive
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If some man's brain is spongy, and his mental processes slow, the stronger minds are belting his faculties to their swifter energies.
From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Newell Dwight Hillis