treasure
noun
wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
are treasuring
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present progressiveof treasure.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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For now, Delhi residents are treasuring a rare upside of a time marked by fear and worry.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2020
"Annie," said he, one evening, as they sat together in the family parlor, "what do you intend to do with all this store of knowledge you are treasuring up with such eager application?"
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton
I like to think they are treasuring up such cheerful memories to make their early home attractive to their age.
From The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories by American Sunday School Union
For the sick-bed is coming, and you may be compelled to think there; and if so, you are treasuring up tenfold agony for yourself, by your present off-putting apathy and wilful thoughtlessness.
From Parish Papers by Norman Macleod
We are treasuring up corruption for the day of death; is this not so?
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
