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
The deceased gentleman whose effects we are disposing of, and who is known to have been a famous collector of valuable furniture, told me himself that he found it at a farmhouse in Northumberland.
From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
There is nothing to excuse the careless and unnecessary noises of the world—we shall dispose of them finally as we are disposing of flamboyant signboards and typhoid flies.
From The Untroubled Mind by Herbert J. (Herbert James) Hall
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 Sir Hall Caine
