loose
adjective
free or released from fastening or attachment.
are loosing
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present progressiveof loose.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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“By adding a bunch of tickets that are not related to reducing those problems we are loosing focus of the goal, which is vision zero.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2017
In the companion picture a group of archers are loosing their arrows between the boles of tall, straight hardwoods on the brink of a deep valley.
From The Jewel City by Ben Macomber
"I saw Harry and Bert go in the tent some time ago," whispered Nan; "and see, they are loosing the tent flap."
From The Bobbsey Twins in the Country by Laura Lee Hope
"Then," said I, "if so be you do, see that it isn't the master you are loosing off at!"
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Your anchor's a-peak, and you are loosing sails.
From In the Yellow Sea by Henry Frith
