wear
verb (used with object)
to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like.
are wearing
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present progressiveof wear.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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She does not imaginatively describe scenes so much as itemize facts about them, so the reader encounters detailed lists of what things cost, what people are wearing, what they order from menus and so on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Police in the building are wearing gas masks and full chemical protective gear, US media reported.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
“The courts are wearing blinders and just focusing on the plain language of the statute. It’s a textual analysis,” he says.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
“These chemicals, they’re always pressed up against their body, and babies are wearing diapers until they’re 2, sometimes 5 — 24/7.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
There are fewer patrons wandering the circus at this hour, and as they walk Bailey notices that many of them are wearing red scarves.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
