simple present
noun
a verb formation used to express an action or state occurring in the present, as in walk, is, has, travel.
simple presents
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pluralof simple present.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She was so fond of those bells that she bribed the careless bell-ringer with simple presents to be more attentive to his duty.
From Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
“But, we’ve got to get on the trail,” decided Tom, when the natives had brought great stores of food, and such simple presents as they possessed, to induce the travelers to remain.
From Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
Here they were met by more than a thousand of the natives, who received them with every demonstration of joy and hospitality, in return for which Cartier made them many simple presents.
From The Boys' And Girls' Library by Various
With their simple presents in their hands, they went through the garden and into his beautiful house, and kneeling, laid the gifts at his feet.
From Children of the Old Testament by Anonymous
She hoarded the simple presents of finery given her by that young person with care, and regarded them in the light of sacred talismans.
From Vagabondia 1884 by Frances Hodgson Burnett
