interest
noun
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something.
is interesting
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present progressiveof interest (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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This is interesting because we're trying to understand the temperature transition between planets with and without atmospheres.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Kane built his reputation playing as a lone number nine, so it is interesting to hear him identify instead as a number 10 - in a front two.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Her account of the Bund’s fervor and the exile into which its survivors escaped is interesting but overwrought.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
And so the idea that he experienced that kind of low ebb at that point in his career, I think, is interesting.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
She plays electric, which is interesting; she always seemed more acoustic to me.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
