perish
verb (used without object)
to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc..
is perishing
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present progressiveof perish (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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Poland has not yet perished," he said, echoing the words of the national anthem, "but it is perishing.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the articles of contemporary belief holds that the novel is perishing, that film alone is fresh and relevant.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Help, help--a man is perishing, save him--help, for God's sake, help--it's life or death!"
From The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Wilhelmine von Hillern
"If I am not requesting too great a favour, sir," said the old gentleman, "I wish you would lend my poor daughter that cloak, for she is perishing with the cold."
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat
“Just think, Gershom,” I said as I gathered up my sewing, “my heart is perishing of cold in a province which is estimated to contain almost seventeen per cent. of the world’s known coal supply!”
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
