urinate
verb (used without object)
to pass or discharge urine.
is urinating
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present progressiveof urinate (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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Said Schram, “Yeah, I know. It’s natural. Well, so is urinating, but most folks don’t up and pee in a glass jar in the middle of the mall.”
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2014
Five centuries ago, Erasmus found it necessary to instruct boys that it was “impolite to greet someone who is urinating or defecating.”
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2013
I know the questions we’re pondering are much less weighty than suicides in the family: I’m pretty sure that the woman swimming laps next to me at the Y is urinating in the pool.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2011
