crusade
noun
Often Crusade any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
is crusading
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present progressiveof crusade (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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Michael B. Jordan is crusading attorney Bryan Stevenson opposite Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson and more in a drama of death row justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2021
Now Snyder — in tandem with Lorance’s attorney — is crusading once again on the behalf of a soldier convicted in wartime.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2015
Sometimes he is crusading against the mountebanks and charlatans.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2012
The reversal comes at a time when Computer Magnate H. Ross Perot, as chairman of a committee on public education, is crusading to upgrade Texas schools.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having shown we're not separated from other animals by "an unbridgeable chasm," the elegant British researcher is crusading to save the world's remaining chimps.
From Time Magazine Archive
