dispose
verb (used with object)
to give a tendency or inclination to; incline.
are disposing
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present progressiveof dispose.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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Around 35% of materials end up as waste before they even reach the customer, says Ms Salvidge, and at the end of the chain we are disposing of more clothing than ever.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2022
Dear Readers: When you are disposing your ear-loop masks, snip the ear loops.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2021
When the Board are disposing of the out-relief cases, it is by this knowledge the Board are guided.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
But I forget so easily that we live in a world of renunciations, and that often when we believe we are disposing, we are disposed.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell
For seven years you have been doing that, and now you are disposing of my darling over my head without consulting me.
From The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill by Caine, Hall, Sir
