hear
verb (used with object)
to perceive by the ear.
are hearing
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present progressiveof hear.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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“Americans are hearing conflicting messages about vaccines right now, and it’s understandable that people are asking whom they should trust,” Dr. Bruce Gellin of the Vaccine Integrity Project told NPR.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Umbareen Mahmood, a surgeon in the report, notes: “What surgeons are hearing is that patients want to feel like a better restored version of themselves, not a different version.”
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
“It’s not just for today, tomorrow and the weekend, but next week and the week after because people are hearing about the fire and they don’t know how long it’s going to last,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
However many there are, we are hearing from the young ones as they fan through the country to venues down South, out West, in Texas and Utah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Nne, nobody knows what is going on. We are hearing that Umunnachi is about to fall and that the federals are very close by.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
