elope
are eloping
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present progressiveof elope.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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This is very awkward," he said, "because Araminta and I are eloping.
From The Certain Hour by James Branch Cabell
Only officers who are eloping with grand duchesses wear court uniform: otherwise the grand duchesses could not be seen with them.
From Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress by Bernard Shaw
They claim they are eloping for to be married on account of cruel parents.
From The Gentle Grafter by H. C. Greening
Nobody knows it, but tonight Joe Hunt and the Widow Backus are eloping to North Carolina to get married.
From Sam, This is You by Murray Leinster
"Do you realize that we are eloping, like runaway school children?" said Miss Lavinia, "we two hitherto sober-minded Knickerbockers?"
From People of the Whirlpool by Mabel Osgood Wright
