saddle
noun
a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
are saddling
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present progressiveof saddle.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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“How can you expect someone to obtain new job opportunities and find housing and develop a success away from crime if you are saddling them with fees?”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023
Title issues, contractor fraud and rebuilding costs are saddling recovery, and some residents say the city isn't acting fast enough to prevent neighborhoods from falling behind.
From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2011
There are more than fifty; and see, they are saddling more!
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Charles James Lever
Give me the rifle: I shall keep watch while you are saddling.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
They are saddling the horses, strapping on the sarapes behind the saddles, taking down and packing up our lits de voyage, and loading the mules, all which is a work of time.
From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca
