slam
verb (used with or without object)
to shut with force and noise.
are slamming
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present progressiveof slam.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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Well, now they are slamming the brakes hard on that future as market reality has hit them like a 16-wheeler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Be sure to read: Hotel guests are slamming resort fees as ‘the biggest scam in travel’
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Public policy advocates are slamming the president’s move.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2025
After more than a decade of economic life support by way of easy policy and the flooding of markets with trillions in cash that even spawned virtual crypto money, central banks are slamming into reverse.
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023
"Max," he said, "do you got maybe a grudge against that piece of goods, the way you are slamming it round?"
From Elkan Lubliner, American by Montague Glass
