congratulate
verb (used with object)
to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion.
are congratulating
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present progressiveof congratulate.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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Like students whose fire for straight As fades as graduation nears, lawmakers who vowed to resolve inequities in special education are congratulating themselves for a final paper that’s not quite done.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
And by the way, we’ve been walking around London, and Londoners are congratulating me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Health officials are congratulating themselves: “The global response has successfully turned this crisis around,” Anthony Banbury, head of the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response, told a press conference in Freetown today.
From Nature ● Dec. 1, 2014
Firefighters in a small town in California are congratulating themselves after rescuing a four-week-old kitten from inside a length of pipe.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2011
Dad’s at the party and people are congratulating him, too.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
