anoint
verb (used with object)
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
is anointing
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present progressiveof anoint (3rd person singular).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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It’s no longer as if the franchise is anointing the 23-year-old Beal as Wall’s co-star.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2017
And then, just as it sounds like Cavendish is anointing his successor, the man in Tour history is back.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2013
“They get into such a frenzy that the social order breaks down; everyone is anointing with everyone else,” Dr. Lynch Alfaro said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2012
He calmly permitted it; but His host thought to himself: No, He is no prophet, or He would know who it is that is anointing His feet.
From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Peter Rosegger
And now she kisses them, and from a box Of alabaster is anointing them With precious ointment, filling all the house With its sweet odor!
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
