hie
verb (used without object)
to hasten; speed; go in haste.
are hieing
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present progressiveof hie.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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Two strangers on the road are hieing; And as they fleet beside him flying, These muttered words his ear dismay: "Now—now the cross has claimed its prey!"
From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Friedrich Schiller
All the birds that skim the wave In hasty flight are hieing home; T the lee of safer haven All the storm-tossed vessels come.
From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
Look not to the west where the wild birds nest And the winds are hieing To sweep away sleep from the forest, And tatter the shrouds of sable silence Lit by the fire-fly's morris-dance.
From Nirvana Days by Cale Young Rice
