email
noun
a system for sending messages to one or more recipients via telecommunications links between computers using dedicated software or a web-based service.
are emailing
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present progressiveof email.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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“We had them and then they broke and now I’m trying to track them down and people are emailing me and I don’t have time for email because I have 1,000 emails.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
They are emailing because they are hoping to find some comfort during one of the most painful times in their lives: After they’ve fallen with their babies.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
"We are emailing customers today to apologise and confirm that there are no changes to their mortgage or rates," they added.
From BBC ● May 4, 2022
People are emailing us a lot more COVID-19 rumors, almost an unmanageable amount of inputs—people calling out misinformation both at a national level and happening inside their own neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2020
Now, they are emailing in a coordinated way and she is putting together notebooks of paperwork they might need down the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2013
