incur
verb (used with object)
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious).
are incurring
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present progressiveof incur.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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Wood is concerned that it’s not just their cashflow they are consuming so rapidly, but the rate at which they are incurring debt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
For the privilege of keeping the liability off their balance sheet, they are incurring an additional 1.5 percentage points of financing costs.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
She told the BBC it was a "national scandal that people are losing their pensions, inheritance or having to sell their own homes to cover the losses they are incurring".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
“We are incurring the cost of this harmful pollution.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
I am afraid," said she, "that you are incurring a terrible risk.
From A Castle in Spain A Novel by De Mille, James
