till
preposition
up to the time of; until.
is tilling
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present progressiveof till (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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“So here today in 2021 that there is not one Black farmer that is tilling his own soil and pulling his plow and disc harrowing the ground is disheartening.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
Without herbicides, the best weed-killing tool is tilling, and that can lead to erosion, nutrient runoff and the disruption of the microbial community that organic farmers work so hard to foster.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2016
Part of the pleasure of farming," he reflected, "is tilling the soil with your own hands and watching the progress of your crops.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the pathmaker is breaking stones.
From Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
A wandering shepherd may build his camp-fire here, or an Arab who is tilling a bit of ground; but his home will be in Ayasaluk, several miles away, not here.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine
