pronounce
verb (used with object)
to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
are pronouncing
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present progressiveof pronounce.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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“We are pronouncing it May-MOON,” wrote zoo spokesperson Annie Matherne.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
"Maybe it is just something that gets lost in translation over the telephone, or people just don't hear properly, or they think it is something that is spelt wrong and they are pronouncing it correctly."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2019
But the men are pronouncing it a brilliant coup de théâtre, and presently crowd about the trophy, discussing Montgomery and what manner of man he was.
From Fort Amity by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Yes," he said, "your friends are pronouncing it to be a success.
From Adrien Leroy by Charles Garvice
I must say then, with the judges, when they are pronouncing sentence, 'however painful may be the duty imposed upon me,' that your country appears more miserable the more deeply I penetrate it.
From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers
