grub
noun
the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
is grubbing
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present progressiveof grub (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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“Well, Laura, about the only money grubbing Morty seems to be doing is grubbing money out of his father to maintain his race horse.”
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
So he ran quickly into the village and said to the parson, "O parson, some evil creature is grubbing in your turnip-field!"
From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane
To-day the pearl-diver is grubbing under the waves that are lapping the Sooloo Islands, the coast of Coromandel, and the shores of Algiers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various
"And now she is grubbing away dear knows where!" her biographer would say carelessly.
From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris
