belong
verb (used without object)
to be in the relation of a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (usually followed byto ).
is belonging
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present progressiveof belong (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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"Arithmetic is important, but so is beauty, so is belonging, so is democracy," he had said.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
The B is belonging —we need relationships, love, community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
“The expat mentality is belonging to the old country,” Scruton told me, “and the inability to accept that it is changed beyond repair.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2016
“The most important thing is belonging to a community,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2016
I know that it must appear dreadful to you that never told a lie, and don't hardly know what a lie is, belonging as you do to a class where none is ever told.
From An Unsocial Socialist by Bernard Shaw
