is surviving
- present progressive of survive (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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“I think the reason I’ve done it is that I believe very much that we are doomed and my goal is surviving the apocalypse—for four days,” she added.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
"When a mummy comes to us she is often surviving for the sake of her baby and at the end when she is surviving for herself, that is mighty."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
“There’s a sadness in the reason the film is surviving, because its warnings and its insights about the strangeness of techno-capitalism are becoming more relevant over time,” says Rivera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
“Glynn is having to live off of GoFundMe, that’s literally how the man is surviving right now, paying rent, buying food,” Norwood said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
“I don’t believe that any life is surviving in that thing.”
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Bates, Harry