stow
are stowing
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present progressiveof stow.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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All the world over, people are stowing away in coal-holes and dark corners, and when ships are once out to sea, appearing again, begrimed and bashful, upon deck.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"You are stowing in hundreds; hold, now sure there is enough."
From The Works of Horace by Horace
They are stowing the luggage between decks, Sir George; and want to know what pieces your excellency wishes to be kept for the state-rooms.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
The M.A.'s are carrying in the provisions, the boys are stowing them and also herding the beasts.
From The Magic City by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar
Already, while we are stowing away our breakfast, the companies in our rear are departing; and now our turn comes.
From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Thomas Mott Osborne
