freshen
verb (used with object)
to make fresh; refresh, revive, or renew.
are freshening
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present progressiveof freshen.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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—The shadowy form turns closer towards me as my reverie yet chains me to the lake side, where the mountain breezes still are freshening all the August air.—
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
It is quite a pleasure to see how well the bullocks are freshening; some indeed fit to kill; they don't seem to suffer so much from the flies as the horses or camels.
From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by John McKinlay
