umpire
noun
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
is umpiring
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present progressiveof umpire (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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For now, Callejas is umpiring games on sandy pitches in the community league, watched closely from the sidelines by his mother and coached by his father.
From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2023
So, perhaps, is umpiring as we know it.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2019
By his own admission, Bowden may be all too aware of who is down the other end when he is umpiring.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2011
I can't get a five-match ban or a fine but when Daryl Harper is umpiring I fear the worst!
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2011
He is umpiring a great quarrel between the cattlemen and the sheepmen, or, rather, he is compelling both to listen to him and to agree to a compromise that he has suggested.
From The Candidate A Political Romance by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
