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present progressiveof ramble.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
rambleverb (used without object)to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner.
Example Sentences
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Many of Ms. Thomas’s postelection texts are rambling, with little attention to punctuation, and they run the gamut.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Other paragraphs are rambling, unfocused, and out of logical order.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
“His speeches are rambling, incoherent, all over the place. But there is method to his so-called madness,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021
They are rambling, fragmentary, written in a bewildering variety of languages; sometimes they degenerate into mere sputtering diatribes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Some of it is profound and other bits are rambling and nonsensical, but it is considered a sweet gesture by almost everyone in attendance.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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