intercede
verb (used without object)
to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition.
is interceding
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present progressiveof intercede (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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The cornerstone of the college’s mental health initiative is interceding and introducing students to services early as well as approaching students directly instead of hoping they reach out themselves.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
Mr. Cornaby, the Methodist missionary, declares how conscious he is in far-away China when someone is interceding for him in the home-land!
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett
My consolation is that my Mother is interceding for me; my enemies are the same as hers, and she has overcome them.
From Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady by Mother St. Paul
Don't you know that we have, each and every one of us, in the heavens, that great High Priest who is interceding for us always, always?
From The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by M. B. Manwell
Wake up, Anne-Mie, Schimmel is neighing in the stable, and the sun is shining bright on the snow; my lord father is scolding the servants, and my lady mother is interceding for them.
From Flemish Legends by Charles de Coster
