write
verb (used with object)
to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe.
is writing
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present progressiveof write (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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MJ also thinks Chris, who is writing a memoir, might be preparing to tell the world everything he knows about the JFK assassination, which he can’t allow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Here is where I step off the easy celebration everyone else is writing, though not in the direction you might expect.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Throughout “The Savage Mind,” there is a sense that Treuer is writing out of a relentless duty to set the record straight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Older debtors are the fastest-growing demographic of debtors,” said Eleni Schirmer, an organizer with the Debt Collective debtor activist organization, who is writing a book on the rise of aging borrowers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Lee Lee is writing a poem for Mrs. Baker, and Sam is writing a note to her grandfather.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
