freshen
verb (used with object)
to make fresh; refresh, revive, or renew.
is freshening
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present progressiveof freshen (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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But the news that Canadians will be in the vanguard of invasion is freshening and heartening to a world which needs good news.
From Time Magazine Archive
Employment is rising, and the flow of money is freshening.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tide's beginning to set in strong and the breeze is freshening.
From El Diablo by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
"The wind is freshening, and we shall have to shift topsails and jibs, I fancy."
From The Queen's Cup by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
"Look out, Master Hargate," the boatman said as they started; "you'd best not go out too far, for the wind is freshening fast, and we shall have, I think, a nasty night."
From By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
