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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The data would only be available to the user when they are wearing their glasses, would be encrypted locally to the device and wouldn’t be stored in a central database, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
While fans have turned up for Portugal's matches wearing shirts with Jota's name on the back, players including captain Cristiano Ronaldo are wearing special wristbands during matches in tribute.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Stylist Renee May, who stopped by with shoppers looking to modernize their grandmother's coats and check out new jackets, told AFP "a lot of my clients are wearing their furs again."
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 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
Many villagers are wearing colorful clothes now, including our new family.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
